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    • Florida State, NBA D-League

    Florida State will now have three players enter the NBA Draft after freshman forward Jonathan Isaac and junior guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes followed sophomore Dwayne Bacon by declaring.

    The 6-foot-10 Isaac is currently projected at No. 9 by Draft Express.com, while the the 6-5 Bacon is at No. 44. The 6-4 Rathan-Mayes is not projected to be drafted.

    “I’ve decided to enter the 2017 NBA draft,” Isaac, who averaged 12.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, said in a video he released on Twitter.

    Duke, NBA Draft

    Following a freshman season in which he emerged as one of the nation’s top multi-dimensional players, Duke forward Jayson Tatum will enter the 2017 NBA Draft.

    The 6-foot-8 Tatum is currently projected as the No. 4 pick by DraftExpress.com behind Washington’s Markelle Fultz, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball and Kansas’ Josh Jackson.

    Tatum is the 10th Duke freshman to declare for the NBA Draft, joining Corey Maggette (1999), Luol Deng (2004), Kyrie Irving (2011), Austin Rivers (2012), Jabari Parker (2014), Tyus Jones (2015), Jahlil Okafor (2015), Justise Winslow (2015) and Brandon Ingram (2016).

    Each of the previous nine Duke freshman in the draft was a first-round selection, including eight lottery picks.

    Duke

    Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski took a moment to share a final thought with his team following their stunning 88-81 loss to South Carolina in the East Regional in Greenville, S.C.

    Following their ACC Tournament championship last week in Brooklyn, where they won four games in four days, Duke looked like a hot pick to cut down the nets next month in Glendale, Az.

    But that won’t happen now. The season is over for the Blue Devils, and their roster will likely look drastically different when the 2017-18 season tips off.

    “Before you were able to come in there, I told them I love these guys,” Coach K said. “I’m proud of them. I’m disappointed that we didn’t win tonight. But at the end of the season I want my guys to either be crying because we’ve lost or crying because we’ve just won.”

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