PULLMAN – Sixty-five days elapsed between the time Robert Franks put his name in the NBA Draft and ultimately decided to pull it back out.
The Washington State forward needed every one of them – quite literally – to determine whether it was in his best interest to skip forward to the next chapter of his career, or return to school for a final round with the Cougars.
Franks decided his defense still needed some more work – his rebounding, too – and the opportunity to move from a fringe second-round pick to a bona fide first-rounder was one he felt was too good to pass up.