"With the 49th selection in the 2011 NBA Draft, the Memphis Grizzlies select Josh Selby, guard from Kansas." And with those words, "Showtime" became the latest potential Boy in Beale Street Blue.
Those of you who follow basketball the way that guys like I do will have been familiar with Selby from long before draft night, of course. He's been a big-time name amongst recruits since he was in high school. As Gary Parrish pointed out on his radio show last week, if Selby had been allowed to enter the draft after his senior year, a season in which he finished with the following stats: 32 ppg, 7 apg, 5 rpg, he would have been a no-doubt Top 10 selection. However, given the way that his brief college recruitment and career played out, it's not a great surprise that his stock fell drastically and he found himself in the second round. However, Josh Selby a.k.a. "show time" has tremendous potential and will be able to contribute to the Grizz right away.
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