Talor Battle Talks About His Draft Decision
May 14, 2010 at 4:46 pm Ryan Jones 3 comments
There’s an interesting piece on SI.com today by Luke Winn, a college basketball writer for Sports Illustrated. Winn profiles six underclassmen—including Penn State star Talor Battle—who submitted their names for this year’s NBA draft. Two of them will be in the pool for next month’s draft, while the other four—including Battle—withdrew their names to come back for another year of college ball. Each player had about a month in which to work out for NBA scouts and get a sense of their strengths, weaknesses, and draft prospects, a window that was compromised by an NCAA rule change that limited the amount of time players had to test the waters. The rule change figures to help college coaches solidify their lineups going into next season, but it made things hard for players like Battle, who had less time and information to make the decision.
The piece features some candid quotes from Battle about the frustrations of the process, and about the shortcomings that meant he was unlikely to be drafted this year; NBA scouts told Battle he “needed to get bigger, work on my ball handling and that it was in my best interests to go back to school.” I imagine he’ll spend the summer taking that advice.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: Nittany Lion basketball. Tags: Luke Winn, SI.com, Talor Battle.
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1. Holly Torbic | July 2, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Hello. My name is Holly Torbic and I work for Tides, a local non-profit organization for greiving children. My husband is a PSU alumni and recieves the Penn Stater. I am trying to acquire a copy of an article that was published a number of months ago about a Penn State professor who has spent his life trying to build a time machine in order to be reunited with his father who he lost at a very young age. Our children, who are strong, courageous, and resilient share in their longing for their loved ones. Thank you for your assistance.
Holly Torbic
Tides Outreach Coordinator
(814)574-4469
2. Tina Hay | July 3, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Hi Holly — We will send you a PDF of that article via e-mail. Thanks for your interest. –Tina
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