Jaylen Brown Declares for 2016 NBA Draft: Latest Comments and Reaction

Forward Jaylen Brown announced Thursday that he will enter the 2016 NBA draft, thus ending his collegiate career at California after just one season.

Brown made his announcement at a press conference, per Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle:

Brown: “The journey here at Cal has been nothing short of great.”

— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) April 21, 2016

Letourneau added that it “sounds like” Brown intends to hire an agent, which would make him ineligible to return to Cal. 

The Marietta, Georgia, native joined the Golden Bears in 2015-16 to great fanfare, and he made a significant impact on both ends of the floor for a strong Cal team with per-game averages of 14.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in 34 games. 

According to the Pac-12 Network, that production was good enough to earn him Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors in one of the nation’s most talented and competitive conferences:

.@CalMensBball’s @FCHWPO is the #Pac12Hoops Freshman of the Year!Watch #SportsReport LIVE: https://t.co/qcjjBLAeMvhttps://t.co/bekkIq44mx

— Pac-12 Networks (@Pac12Networks) March 8, 2016

Brown was among …

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