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Michigan freshman Jett Howard has announced his plans for the NBA draft

Howard was named to the All-Big Ten third team after averaging 14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and two assists with the Wolverines.

Michigan freshman Jett Howard will declare for the 2023 NBA draft and forgo his remaining collegiate eligibility, the program announced on Thursday.

Howard, the son of Wolverines head coach Juwan Howard, was named to the All-Big Ten third team after averaging 14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and two assists on 36.8% shooting from 3-point range. He was ranked third in the conference in 3s (78).

The 6-foot-8 forward is considered a first-round pick this year given his ability as a scorer and shooter. He showed he can get hot in any game and went off for a career-high 34 points on Jan. 12 against Iowa with seven 3-pointers.

Howard has a great shooting form and can launch quickly, which will help him at the next level. Outside of his shooting, he has shown the ability to penetrate the paint and finish but it will be his shooting that teams will love.

Underclassmen have until April 23 to declare for the draft.

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Jett Howard makes his NBA decision

Bummer. Best of luck to him in the NBA!

Jett Howard, the son of Juwan Howard, was a big get for Michigan basketball in 2022. Howard was a four-star recruit out of IMG Academy and was the 43rd-ranked prospect in the country.

Michigan was hoping to keep the trio of Hunter Dickinson, Kobe Bufkin, and Howard intact for next season, but it appears the Wolverines will be losing at least one.

According to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony, Howard has announced he would forgo his remaining eligibility at Michgian and head to the NBA after one season. 

Howard, like most of the Wolverines, had their ups and downs this past season. He averaged 14.2 points per game and was Michigan’s second-leading scorer behind Hunter Dickinson. What NBA scouts love about Howard is his knockdown shooting ability from 3. While he can be streaky, when Howard gets hot — he’s on. He shot 36% from 3 this past season.

Howard is the 16th-ranked NBA prospect according to ESPN and he said this year was what he needed. Plus, his dad helped him make his decision a little easier without putting pressure on him.

“This was a great learning year for me,” Howard told ESPN. “It’s what I needed. It taught me how to play within a pro style offense and be effective, to get out of my comfort zone, and play with other good players.

“He said it without saying it; it might be time for you to go,” Howard said (on his father). “This was easy, for him to let go. He asked around and came to the consensus that I should leave.

Howard is still rehabbing the ankle injury that sidelined him for some of the season, but he should make a full recovery to conduct training sessions with NBA teams.

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2023 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Wembanyama, Henderson on top; Freshmen rising in latest projections

Rookie Wire took a look at where the next draft class stands at the midway point of the season.

The 2022-23 basketball season is in full swing as the next wave of prospects across the college level and the professional ranks look ahead to the 2023 NBA draft on June 22.

Of course, Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson remain at the top of draft boards at the start of the new year. Both could shut down their seasons right now and still be viewed as the best two players in the class. In other words: They are locked in at Nos. 1 and 2.

Elsewhere, though, fortunes change seemingly nightly.

Several prospects have improved upon their preseason rankings, while others have struggled and had their stock fall. The latest look at the class even has several freshmen on the rise after some impressive performances through the first half of the year.

Rookie Wire took a look at where the first round stands at the midway point of the season. It is important to note that team needs were not necessarily taken into account with each pick. The projections are rather a look at where each individual player stands at this point of the process.

Note: The order of the draft was pulled from Tankathon as of Jan. 10. The draft will have only 58 picks this year because the Bulls and Sixers were stripped of their second-round picks by the NBA due to tampering violations.

Five takeaways: Michigan basketball vs. Iowa

Fell apart down the stretch.

After scoring 53 points in a loss to rival Michigan State last Saturday, the Wolverines went on the road and played Iowa on Thursday — the maize and blue didn’t struggle scoring this time.

But the Wolveirnes faltered late.

Michigan entered halftime with a 43-40 lead and the Wovlerines had a 10 point lead late in the second half. But Iowa clawed its way back into the game by hitting some key 3s.

Michigan was up by four with 20 seconds left and the Wolverines did the unthinkable.

Kobe Bufkin fould Payton Sandfort on a 3 point attempt and of course the shot went into. That sent Sandfort to the line where he hit his foul shot.

Dug McDaniel missed a shot at the buzzer and the game went into overtime. The Hawkeyes controlled overtime and Michigan fell apart.

The Wolverines managed to only score five points in overtime and Michigan lost 93-84 to Iowa and it was the Wolverines’ second loss in a row.

Here are our five takeaways.

Predicting the 2022-2023 Michigan basketball starting lineup

Michigan has the pieces to win the Big Ten next season.

Barring any late surprises, the Michigan basketball roster is set going into the 2022-2023 season now that the Wolverines landed Youssef Khayat, the Lebanese basketball sensation, on Sunday.

While the Wolverines lost some contributors from last year’s team: Caleb Houstan and Moussa Diabate to the NBA, Frankie Collins to Arizona State, and Brandon Johns to VCU, Michigan added a couple of key pieces this summer with the additions of Jaelin Llewellyn (Princeton) and Joey Baker (Duke) along with Khayat.

The Wolverines have a solid recruiting class coming in the fall with Juwan Howard’s son, Jett Howard, headlining the class. Since Moussa Diabate declared for the draft, incoming center Tarris Reed should see significant playing time, and point guard Dug McDaniel should see some backup play as well. The bigger question mark from the incoming freshmen will be how does new forward Gregg Glenn fit into this year’s rotation, or does he see a redshirt year?

With all that being said, we are going to do our best to predict what next year’s lineup is going to look like when Michigan takes the court for the first time.

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Michigan basketball freshman set to star in new movie

This is pretty awesome! #GoBlue

Michigan football tried to get a budding actor when it was targeting USC cornerback Ceyair Wright, who had a role in the redux of ‘Space Jam’ starring LeBron James. Now Michigan basketball will actually have its turn with a player in a movie about LeBron James.

Jett Howard is the son of coach Juwan Howard, and younger brother to junior forward Jace Howard. The Howards are quite familiar with LeBron James, as Juwan played with and later coached the enigmatic NBA star.

A new film is being made profiling James while being produced by James. And Jett, the former four-star and incoming freshman, will reportedly be playing the role of established NBA star Carmelo Anthony, but at the high school level.

As noted above, he gets the designation of playing opposite Mookie Cook, the Oregon commit, who will play James himself.

We’ll have more details about ‘Shooting Stars’ and Howard’s role as it becomes available.

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Michigan basketball receives commitment from 2022 four-star forward

I mean, this was all but a forgone conclusion, right? #GoBlue

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Let’s be real: we all saw this one coming.

A few weeks ago, 2022 Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy four-star small forward Jett Howard announced that he was narrowing in on his college basketball decision. While he had offers from LSU, Florida, Georgetown and others, it absolutely had to be Michigan basketball. Why? Because he’s the son of head coach Juwan Howard.

On Wednesday, the younger brother of current Michigan basketball player Jace Howard made it unofficially official, with word that he will follow in both his father and his brother’s footsteps by donning the maize and blue, having committed to the Wolverines.

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Howard is rated the No. 37 player in the country according to the 247Sports Composite. He’s the No. 11 small forward and the No. 12 player in the state of Florida. He’s Michigan basketball’s fourth commitment of the 2022 class, joining Dug McDaniel, Tarris Reed, and Gregg Glenn in the class.

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