Mario Chalmers stays in draft
The NBA draft will be held next week at Washington Mutual, and there aren’t really many changes, since Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley and OJ Mayo are expected to be the first 3 picks of the first round, but there a few NCAA players that prefered to skip their senior year in college in order to play at the NBA earlier.
This is the case of Mario Chalmers, one of the most outstanding players at the 2008 Final Four. Chalmers had to make a decision before June 15th, which was the last day for prospects to withdraw their names of the NBA draft list.
Chalmers is expected to be chosen at the first round, with the Magic most likely acquiring him as he is a perfect complement for teaming with Carlos Arroyo and Keyon Dooling.
The 22-year old Chalmers was chosen the #1 overall point guard in the 2005 recruiting class, also got named co-defensive player of the year in 2007, besides he also got elected for the all big 12 third team and the all big 12 defensive team the same year, but his most impressive achievement in a such a short career was being named Most Outstanding Player of the 2008 NCAA Championship.
As of now, Chalmers doesn’t have an agent, but he and his father agrees that with Mario’s talent, he’s sure to get a good contract at the first round.
