The worst-kept secret in college basketball is about to be revealed. Gonzaga All-American Adam Morrison is expected to announce at a press conference Wednesday his intention to skip his senior season and enter the June NBA draft.
Morrison, the third-leading career scorer at Gonzaga with 1,867 points and the nation's leading scorer with a 28.1-point average in 2005-06, had been widely expected to leave Gonzaga with eligibility left since early in the season, when he scored 43 points in two different games.
Those close to Morrison said he didn't even want to discuss the situation in the days after Gonzaga's Sweet 16 loss to UCLA on March 23, but recently came to the decision virtually everyone expected "after he did the research and figured out the lay of the land," said a source close to the 6-8 forward.
Morrison shared several national player-of-the-year awards with Duke's J.J. Redick, including those from the National Association of Basketball Coaches, U.S. Basketball Writers and Basketball Times magazine. Redick won the Naismith and Wooden awards, while Chevrolet opted for Morrison.
Morrison could conceivably go to the NBA predraft camp, not sign with an agent and return for his senior year, but that is considered extremely unlikely. He is rated a top-five pick and he and his father, John, have mentioned the physical unknowns later in life associated with his diabetic condition.
Morrison is expected to sign with Mark Bartelstein, the same agent who represented former Gonzaga players Dan Dickau and Casey Calvary.
Bud Withers: 206-464-8281 or bwithers@seattletimes.com
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