SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse point guard Jonny Flynn turned pro and signed with an agent, ending his college career after two seasons.
“I’ve known pretty much for a while,” coach Jim Boeheim said Thursday. “He’s had a tremendous career here, and I think he’s going to be a tremendous player at the next level.”
The NBA draft will be held June 25, and the Orange’s Paul Harris and Eric Devendorf also are planning to declare for the draft but have not said whether they will hire agents. Underclassmen have until April 26 to declare. If they do not hire an agent, they have until June 15 to withdraw and retain their college eligibility.
Many mock drafts show Flynn, who averaged a team-leading 17 points a game and finished the season with 254 assists, the second-most for a sophomore in school history, being selected in the top half of the 30-pick first round.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody, Saint Mary’s guard Patty Mills and Xavier forward Derrick Brown declared for the draft but retained the option of returning to school.
• UCLA freshman center J’mison Morgan underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. His recovery is expected to take six weeks.
• Seattle University hired Washington assistant Cameron Dollar as its coach. He replaces Joe Callero, who left to take over at Cal Poly.
Risebrough out as Wild GM
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Wild fired Doug Risebrough as general manager five days after Jacques Lemaire resigned as coach.
Former Tampa Bay Lightning GM Jay Feaster, who previously applied for the Avalanche GM opening, also publicly professed his interest in the Minnesota position and contacted the Wild.
Also, Wild forward Andrew Brunette had surgery on his right knee and said he hopes to be ready for training camp in September.
• Avalanche defenseman John- Michael Liles was added to the U.S. team for the April 24-May 10 world championships in Switzerland.
• Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo was suspended for one game and coach John Stevens was fined $10,000 by the NHL a day after Carcillo hit Pittsburgh’s Maxime Talbot in the head with seven seconds left in Wednesday’s game.
Footnotes.
Cyclist Lance Armstrong, who had surgery for a broken right collarbone last month, told organizers he will race in the Giro d’Italia, which runs May 9-31.
• A federal jury in Miami reached a partial verdict in the tax-evasion trial of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves, but was hung up on several counts. Judge Donald Graham said he would not immediately read the verdicts on two tax evasion counts against Castroneves and told jurors to continue deliberating on four other tax evasion counts and one conspiracy count.
• Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said 3-year-old colt Mafaaz won’t run in the Kentucky Derby despite clinching a spot in the field by winning the Kentucky Derby Challenge last month in England.
• U.S. pairs figure skating champion Rockne Brubaker is hoping to return to the ice in early May after hernia surgery.
The Associated Press
