Syracuse, N.Y. -- Darius Bazley collaborated with The Players Tribune to write a first-person account of why he decided to decline a chance to play basketball at Syracuse and instead opt for a season in the G League.
His story is interesting for so many reasons, the most clarifying perhaps his acknowledgement that he had been thinking about the move for awhile. Definitive news about Bazley dropped the day after he played in the McDonald's All-American game. Before then, there had been no public speculation about his status as a Syracuse recruit.
"A few months ago, I was having a conversation with my mom and one of my coaches, and they brought up this notion of playing professionally for a year before entering the NBA draft.