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Duke Basketball: Zion Williamson officially declares for the NBA Draft

The inevitable has come true and it’s time for those dreamers and believers to face the reality, Zion Williamson will no longer be a Duke Blue Devil as he has officially declared for the 2019 NBA Draft.

The freshman from Spartanburg, South Carolina made the announcement on his Instagram page.

Williamson was undoubtedly the best player in the country this season and it showed as he swept all of the National Player of the Year Awards.

Zion’s National Player of the Year Tour was capped off this weekend in Los Angeles when he was awarded the Karl Malone Award as the best power forward in the nation as well as winning the John R.