Westbrook's status
From what I'm hearing, UCLA guard Russell Westbrook is still trying to decide whether or not to put his name in the NBA draft. It's a tough decision because players have to be careful even if they do not plan on signing with an agent.
For example, Westbrook, who could be a top 5 pick in the 2009 draft, could put his name in this year, go through workouts and have difficult shooting the ball. If he comes back to UCLA, the memory left with NBA player personnel folks is that Westbrook wasn't a pure shooter, and that could impact his status for 2009.
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
,,,but they ALREADY KNOW Russell has a limited outside game. I think he'll "test" but only to get a feel for what they want to see, and he'll be back for another year.