Dickinson puts NBA on hold to return to Michigan

Michigan middle Hunter Dickinson, one of the vital productive huge males within the nation, introduced Sunday he’ll return to the Wolverines for his junior season.

Dickinson, a two-time All-Huge Ten choice, had declared for the NBA draft after final season earlier than withdrawing. There was hypothesis he might enter the draft once more this spring, but he opted not to submit his name before the Sunday night deadline.

A 7-foot-1 middle, Dickinson has helped lead Michigan to back-to-back Candy 16 appearances throughout his two seasons with the Wolverines. He was among the best freshmen within the nation in 2020-21, averaging 14.1 factors and seven.4 rebounds, whereas taking pictures 59.8% from the sector. Dickinson was much more spectacular as a sophomore, placing up 18.6 factors, 8.6 rebounds and a pair of.3 assists — displaying much-improved passing capacity to assist take care of elevated consideration from opposing defenses.

He was at his greatest late within the season. Dickinson went for 33 factors and 9 rebounds in a key win over Michigan State on March 1 — a win that helped enhance the Wolverines’ NCAA event résumé. And as soon as within the event, he was dominant. Dickinson averaged 21.0 factors, 10.7 rebounds and a pair of.3 blocks in three event video games as Michigan reached the second weekend of the NCAA event regardless of being an 11-seed.

Juwan Howard and the Wolverines now await choices from two extra starters, Caleb Houstan and Moussa Diabate. The 2 freshman frontcourt gamers are each ranked within the 60s of ESPN’s NBA draft rankings, however neither has publicly introduced his draft intentions.