Joel Ayayi Declares for NBA Draft

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Gonzaga Bulldogs junior guard Joel Ayayi will be signing with an agent and pursuing a professional career.

Ayayi was a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. He averaged a 12 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 68 percent from two and 39 percent from three.

The soft-spoken guard was one of the more underrated players on a team full of stars. Ayayi’s movement’s off the ball were astounding, and he constantly found himself in the right place at the right time, especially on the offensive glass. All of that added up to the first triple-double in school history against Portland, in which he finished with 12…