Alabama's Nate Oats has a 'gut feeling' on if JD Davison will turn pro.
at the Final Four in New Orleans. “When we brought him, the plan was one-and-done. He’s athletic. He’s on a lot of first-round boards. The feedback we’re getting is he’s still, like, second half of the first round, early second.”by ESPN, falling from a No. 11 ranking by that outlet in September. There are 30 picks in the first round of the NBA draft and 60 picks overall.
Davison, a five-star prospect who played at The Calhoun School in Letohatchee, averaged 8.5 points and 4.3 assists per game as a freshman. He only started six games but finished fourth on the team in averaging 25.8 minutes. “Chet, there’s a lot of holes in his game,” Oats said. “Still gonna go top three. Jabari’s got holes in his game. A lot of people said, ‘Man, JD could really use another year with you.’ Couldn’t they all?”“If a kid’s not in the first round, it’s probably better [to return],” Oats said.
Oats also reiterated his feeling that Alabama’s season, which ended with four consecutive losses and a first-round NCAA tournament exit, had positives that might have been overshadowed by its upset loss as a No. 6 seed to No. 11 seed Notre Dame.