UCLA junior wingman Josh Shipp will enter the NBA Draft and becomes the fourth Bruin starter from last season to do so. Shipp has decided not to hire an agent, which keeps the option on the table for him to return to UCLA for his senior season. Shipp averaged 12.2 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.1 APG and led the team in 3-point field goals on the Bruins third consecutive Final Four team. Shipp started a school-record 39 games as a junior and made his NBA decision on the last day that underclassmen could declare for the draft.I think that it is a good decision for Shipp to declare and get a taste of the NBA Draft process. Ship was personally successful, on a very successful team, so he might as well declare without an agent and can comeback if it doesn't work out. I think that in the end he will return to UCLA. Shipp should return because all of his numbers went down from his sophomore year to his junior year and his minutes went up, so that may be a cause for concern for NBA teams. He is only projected as a late second round pick to being undrafted, so chances are Shipp comes back to play for Ben Howland. If Shipp does indeed return, UCLA should be the favorite to win the Pac-10.
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