By ADAM ZAGORIA
MINNEAPOLIS — Romeo Langford, the 6-foot-6 freshman shooting guard from Indiana, will declare for the NBA Draft, he told ESPN.com.
Langford averaged 16.5 points and 5.4 rebounds during an injury-riddled season at Indiana, which failed to make the the NCAA Tournament.
He is the projected No. 10 pick in the Draft, per ESPN.com.
Langford told ESPN he tore a ligament in his thumb last November before the Duke game and was never right afterward.
“I think it’s fair to say that we never got a chance to see me at my best at the college level, especially since I’ve been playing with basically a cast on my thumb the whole season,” Langford said. “Obviously that throws off your shot. Even though I didn’t shoot as well as I’m capable of, I feel like I shot the ball pretty well in the second half of the season.”
He added: “I tried to keep going with the injury instead of shutting it down, just because I wanted to experience college basketball and I wanted to be there for my teammates and help them be all that they can be. I think that shows NBA teams how tough I am.
“I’m looking forward to showing NBA teams all the things that they didn’t see out of me during the college basketball season.”
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