Michigan State guard Jase Richardson, the son of former NBA slam dunk contest winner Jason Richardson, has declared for the NBA Draft, he announced in a post to his Instagram account Tuesday.
Richardson, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound guard, just completed his first season with the Spartans, helping the program to an appearance in the Elite Eight, where they lost to Auburn.
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The freshman started 15 of 32 games and shot 48 percent from the field, including 41 percent from the 3-point line en route to averaging 12.5 points per game.
He joined the Spartans, his father’s alma mater, as a consensus four-star recruit out of Christopher Columbus High School in Florida.
In a March mock draft from The Athletic, Richardson was projected as a lottery pick.
The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie called the guard “one of the true breakout risers of this draft class.”
“Few players navigate tight spaces quite like Richardson, as he has a Jalen Brunson-like ability to find creases in the defense with his pristine footwork,” Vecenie wrote.
The NBA Draft is scheduled for June 25-26.
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