Marvin Bagley completes UCLA visit, reclassification remains possible
Marvin Bagley III completed his official visit
Marvin Bagley III completed his official visit
NEW YORK —LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball will be in the Green Room with their older brother Lonzo for Thursday’s NBA Draft.
Whether they both get there in future years on their own merit remains to be seen.
“Media table is going to be me, my two brothers, my dad and then two close family friends,” Lonzo said Wednesday ahead of the draft where he is projected as the No. 2 pick to the Los Angeles Lakers, although he said he has no guarantee.
After initially telling GQ that his middle son, LiAngelo, wasn’t going to be an NBA player, LaVar Ball said Wednesday that LiAngelo would be in the 2018 NBA Draft.
UCLA coach Steve Alford got a double-dose of good news on Tuesday.
Both Thomas Welsh and Aaron Holiday have withdrawn from the NBA Draft and will return to the Bruins for the 2017-18 season.
UCLA loses projected top-2 pick Lonzo Ball and projected first-round picks Ike Anigbogu and T.J. Leaf but will return some experienced players in Welsh and Holiday.
The 7-foot Welsh averaged 10.8 points and a team-leading 8.7 rebounds per game as a junior in 2016-17.
M.J. Walker, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Jonesboro (Ga.) High School, is currently on an official visit to UCLA, sources confirmed to ZAGSBLOG.
Walker, ranked No. 25 by ESPN.com, is one of four Top 40 players in the ESPN rankings who remains uncommitted, along with Mohamed Bamba, Brian Bowen and Tremont Waters.
Walker has also recently visited Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Florida State and Georgia Tech.
“What has taken him so long to commit is he comes from a very smart family and they know basketball,” Jonesboro coach Dan Maehlman told 247Sports.com. “His mother played at Hampton and his dad played at Norfolk State. His sister played at Miles College, a Division II school in Alabama.
“A lot of high school kids these days have people and a network to help them make a decision. But they are taking their time with this to make sure they not only have the right program but also the right place for M.J.”
UCLA landed a pledge Thursday from Class
