7-footer Joel Embiid to enter NBA draft after back injury plagues freshman season at Kansas
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Kansas freshman Joel Embiid will enter the NBA draft after a breakthrough season that ended with a stress fracture in his back that kept the 7-footer out of the NCAA tournament.
Embiid had been mulling whether to return for his sophomore season for weeks. He said during a news conference Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse that he reached his decision Sunday.
The native of Cameroon is still raw, having only picked up the game a few years ago. But his natural athleticism made a believer out of NBA scouts, and many believe Embiid will join teammate Andrew Wiggins among the first few picks in the June draft.
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Wiggins has already said he is leaving Kansas after his freshman season.