On one of Jaylen Nowell’s shoulders, you have to think, was the Husky mascot. He’s been persuasive with Nowell before. Lured him to UW in the first place. Convinced him to stay after Lorenzo Romar’s ousting. They have a history.
On Jaylen’s other shoulder, I’d like to imagine, was the NBA logo. He’s smooth-talked a lot of college hoopsters before. Sometimes for the better. Other times for the worse. You never really know with that guy.
But each had a case regarding Nowell’s basketball future. There were legitimate reasons for the Garfield product to come back to Washington for his junior year, just like there were reasons for him to turn pro.