LOS ANGELES — Having flourished on college basketball's biggest stage, Amari Bailey is moving on to something bigger. The UCLA freshman guard whose late-season surge helped carry the Bruins to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament announced Thursday on Instagram that he was declaring for the NBA draft. Bailey's mother, Johanna Leia, told ESPN that her son would stay in the draft, effectively ending his college career. The Bruins recently added a veteran in Lazar Stefanovic, a transfer shooting guard from Utah who will be a junior next season. For the season, Bailey averaged 11.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 30 games after having missed more than a month because of a foot injury.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 14, 2023 12:47 UTC