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Alabama's Joshua Primo to enter NBA draft but stay eligible to return to Crimson Tide

Alabama freshman Joshua Primo is entering the 2021 NBA draft but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he announced Wednesday.

"I'm hoping to learn more about the habits I need to build for making the jump from being an amateur to a professional," he told ESPN. "I'll be signing with an NCAA-certified agent, and the deciding factor for whether to stay in will be if teams are looking to pick me in the first round. If that's there, and I'll keep my name in. If not, I'd be fine going back to Alabama, where I'll have a bigger role and be able to do even better things as a sophomore.