Chaundee Brown Jr. declares for NBA draft

The Michigan basketball sixth-man is departing for the NBA draft, despite having another year on the table.

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One of the big questions facing Michigan basketball this offseason is who could return to the team in 2021-22? With the 2020-21 year being a free year according to the NCAA, literally anyone on the roster could essentially come back for another season.

Michigan point guard Mike Smith already declared for the NBA draft, and the other transfer who had come to Ann Arbor for one year is on his way behind him.

Coming aboard after having been a starter at Wake Forest, Chaundee Brown Jr. accepted a diminished role as the Wolverines’ sixth-man, which led some to believe that he could return for one more year back in the starting lineup. However, Brown announced on social media that he’s not only entering the 2021 NBA draft, but he’s hiring an agent, meaning he’s out for good.

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Brown averaged 20.6 minutes-per-game in 28 games for Michigan basketball, for an average of 8 points-per-game. But his biggest contribution was from deep, where he had a career-best 41.9% accuracy rate from 3.

Still to make their intentions known are Eli Brooks, Hunter Dickinson (a freshman who could go early), Isaiah Livers and Franz Wagner.

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