Michigan’s Caleb Houstan to test NBA draft waters, too

One other Michigan basketball participant goes to check the waters of the NBA.

Caleb Houstan, the freshman combo guard who began all 34 video games for the Wolverines, has declared for the 2022 NBA draft, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported Monday night time.

Houstan joins Michigan teammate Moussa Diabate, who introduced earlier Monday that he, too, plans to enter the draft. Each gamers have elected to not rent brokers presently, permitting them to take care of their NCAA eligibility.

Like Diabate, Houstan may select to return to Michigan for the 2022-23 season.

Houstan has not publicly introduced his determination, though the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NBA draft — set for June 23 in Brooklyn, N.Y. — was Sunday night time.

Extra: Hunter Dickinson returning to Michigan for one more season

As a real freshman, Houstan averaged 10.1 factors and 4.0 rebounds per recreation throughout the 2021-22 season, incomes Huge Ten freshman week of the honors in January. However the 6-foot-8, 205-pound wing was inconsistent for a lot of the season, turning it on for some video games whereas going quiet in others.

Houstan is just not a projected first-round choose, and will not be a second-round lock both, suggesting a return is possible. However the pre-draft course of is a vital one for a prospect of his stature, permitting Houstan to assemble further suggestions from NBA groups as to the place he stands.

You would possibly recall, Michigan middle Hunter Dickinson, who introduced Sunday that he plans to return to Ann Arbor for yet one more season, declared for the NBA draft final 12 months earlier than withdrawing.

Houstan was a consensus five-star prospect and top-10 participant from Montverde Academy in Florida. The Mississauga, Ontario, native led Workforce Canada to a bronze medal on the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup.