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Draft Notes: Purvis, Edwards, Jacobs, Bluiett

May 6th, 2016 at 10:17pm CST by Eddie Scarito

Here are the latest news and notes regarding the 2016 NBA Draft, which will be held on June 23rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York:

Purdue sophomore small forward Vince Edwards worked out for the Wolves on Wednesday, has scheduled a workout with the Celtics for next Friday and is expected to work out for the Grizzlies in the near future, Nathan Baird of The Lafayette Journal & Courier reports. Edwards is the ranked as the 24th-best sophomore by Jonathan Givony of Draft Express.
Xavier small forward Trevon Bluiett has a workout scheduled with the Pacers, Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv relays (on Twitter). The 20-year-old is the No. 19 overall sophomore in his class according to Givony.
UNLV freshman swingman Derrick Jones, who is ranked No. 99 overall according to Givony, has a workout scheduled with the Nets on May 18th and another with the Celtics on May 20th, Zagoria reports (Twitter link).
USC junior point guard Julian Jacobs intends to hire an agent and will forgo his remaining year of NCAA eligibility, Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com tweets. The 22-year-old is certainly taking a risk, since he is no lock to be selected in June’s draft. Jacobs is the 75th best junior overall per Givony’s rankings.
UConn junior point guard Rodney Purvis is withdrawing from the NBA Draft and will return to school for his senior campaign, Goodman reports (via Twitter). Purvis, who is ranked No. 79 among juniors, averaged 12.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists this past season for the Huskies.

UConn SG Rodney Purvis To Test Draft Waters

April 1st, 2016 at 12:50pm CST by Chuck Myron

Connecticut junior shooting guard Rodney Purvis will enter this year’s draft but hold off on hiring an agent, league sources tell Shams Charania of The Vertical (Twitter link). He’ll be eligible to return to college next year as long as he pulls out of the draft by May 25th and doesn’t hire an agent. The odds are against Purvis hearing his name called on draft night, as he’s just the 198th-best prospect in Chad Ford’s ESPN Insider rankings. Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress only lists the top 100 in his overall rankings, and Purvis isn’t in those, but Givony pegs the 6’4″ 22-year-old at No. 79 among juniors.

Much was expected of Purvis coming into his college career, as he was No. 17 in the Recruiting Services Consensus Index as a high school senior, right behind current Nuggets starting two-guard Gary Harris. Purvis began at North Carolina State in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, but he transferred after the 2012/13 season, his freshman year.

Purvis saw only a negligible increase in minutes in his first season with the Huskies, but he shot about three more times per game with Connecticut than he did with the Wolfpack, leading to higher scoring numbers. He notched 12.8 points per game this season as nearly half his field goal attempts came from behind the arc. He nailed 38.5% of his 3-point looks this season and 37.6% for his college career, so he figures to be at least a fair shooter at the NBA level. Two of his best scoring games of the season came in the NCAA Tournament, when he put up 19 in a first-round win over Colorado and 17 in a loss to top-seeded Kansas, helping erase the memory of the two-point performance he delivered in his only NCAA Tournament game as a freshman.