Kansas forward Dedric Lawson (1) celebrates after scoring a three-point basket against Northeastern in the first half during a first round men’s college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Rick Bowmer AP
Kansas Jayhawks junior Dedric Lawson figures if all goes well the next several weeks, he’ll hear his name called in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft, set for June 20 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
“They said I could sneak in the first (round) if I go to the Combine and test well and do things I need to do,” Lawson, a 6-foot-9, 235-pound power forward from Memphis told The Star on Monday in a phone interview several hours after announcing on Twitter he’d skip his senior season and enter his name in the draft pool.