D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera makes the right call in returning to Georgetown

Georgetown junior guard D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera declared for the NBA draft on March 31, but he had second thoughts and Tuesday officially decided to return to school for his senior season, according to an ESPN report.

Smith-Rivera is not considered a first-round draft pick and probably made the best decision in giving himself another year to improve his game, another year to try to win a championship at the college level and another year of progress toward earning his degree.

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While Smith-Rivera led Georgetown in scoring at 16.3 points per game, he is only a 6-foot-3 shooting guard. Smith-Rivera would be wise to return to school and work on skills that will give him a chance to play point guard at the next level.

DraftExpress.com doesn't have Smith-Rivera rated as a drafted player in this year's draft and rates him only as the 61st best junior. That clearly isn't a position from which any player should be choosing to turn pro. Of course, draft analysts don't always get it right, but they are seldom so far off that a player comes out of nowhere to be drafted, which would have been the case if Smith-Rivera remained in the pool of early entry prospects.

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