After entering the 2018 NBA draft last month without hiring an agent, Creighton shooting guard Khyri Thomas has announced that he’ll keep his name in this year’s draft pool. Thomas confirmed his decision on Twitter, thanking “everyone at Creighton for their incredible support” during his time in college.
Thomas is coming off a successful junior year with the Bluejays in which he averaged 15.1 PPG, 4.4 RPG, and 2.8 APG. He also had the best shooting year of his college career, posting a .538/.411/.788 line.
Currently ranked as the 23rd overall prospect on Jonathan Givony’s big board at ESPN.com, Thomas also comes off the board at No. 23 in Givony’s latest mock draft. Within that mock draft, Givony calls Thomas “a willing ball-mover and a promising spot-up shooter,” adding that the Creighton junior had become “one of the better defenders in college basketball.”
Thomas is one of 69 prospects expected to attend the draft combine in Chicago this week.