FORCED to wait a year to enter the NBA Draft, No. 1-ranked high school guard Emmanuel Mudiay has decided to play professionally in China instead of going to college.
Mudiay signed a one-year, US$1.2 million contract with the Guangdong Southern Tigers, Chinese media said yesterday.
Mudiay will join Brandon Jennings as the lone high-profile prospects to bypass college and get paid during their mandatory post-high school year. Jennings played in Italy, though, where the level of play is higher than the Chinese league.
Draft Express says Mudiay is the 3rd-ranked prospect in the 2015 NBA Draft.
(SD-Agencies)
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