SOURCE: YOUNG IS READY TROJANS FORWARD TO ENTER NBA DRAFT.Byline: MATTHEW KREDELL Staff Writer Leading scorer Nick Young will forego his senior season at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and declare for the NBA draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources. Young, the small forward who played at Cleveland High of Reseda, plans to make his official announcement on campus early next week. Young has yet to hire an agent but will do so soon, according to a source close to the player. The junior's stock rose during the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. in the Sweet 16. In the weeks following the season, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= personnel have indicated to Young that he would go between picks 10 and 25 in the first round depending on workouts, according to sources. Young said earlier in the year that he would most likely leave for the NBA if told he would be a first-rounder. He is giving up the possibility to play alongside top recruit O.J. Mayo Ovinton J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo, (born November 5, 1987 in Huntington, West Virginia), is a college basketball player for the University of Southern California (USC). As a student at Huntington High School, in Huntington, West Virginia, he was considered by several media outlets to on a team that has been projected to start next season in the top 10 by multiple publications. "You never know if his stock will be this high again," said one source involved in the decision. "Anything can happen next year." Young overcame a slow start last season to lead the Trojans with a career-high 17.5 points per game. He made the score-tying shot at the end of regulation of an overtime victory over Stanford in the Pac-10 Tournament and the winning basket over previously undefeated Oregon in January. The 6-foot-6 athletic forward scored in double figures each of the final 25 games, showing a widening display of offensive moves that could create space for a shot any time at the college level. Young led USC in scoring as a sophomore as well with 17.3 points. He ranks sixth on the school's all-time list in points scored with 1,486, making the all-conference first team each of his final two seasons. Young overcame numerous obstacles to be on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of reaching his dream. His oldest brother, Charles Jr., was slain when Nick was five years old. Nick Young flunked out of Hamilton High as a freshman. After transferring to Dorsey, he found himself sharing classrooms with members of the Blood gang who killed his brother. He stopped going to class and flunked out again. Derrick Cooper, an AAU AAU abbr. Amateur Athletic Union traveling team coach, helped Young get to Cleveland, where he thrived under the coaching of Andre Chevalier and the close watch of principal Al Weiner. Because he flunked out at his first two high schools, Young needed a fifth year to earn his diploma. With Cleveland's support, he was granted an extra year on his third appeal. It wasn't until graduation day that Young found out he had received a qualifying score on the SAT, clearing the way for him to attend USC. matthew.kredell@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) NICK YOUNG Cleveland High grad led USC in scoring at 17.5 ppg this past season as a junior. |
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