Darius Bazley Charts Yet Another Path to the N.B.A.: The Development League

Darius Bazley going up for a basket during the Jordan Brand Classic high school all-star game at Barclays Center earlier this month. He is forgoing college to play in the N.B.A.’s development league.Darius Bazley is a long, skilled, athletic forward with a soft touch who, until a month ago, was expected to be one of the best freshmen in college basketball next season. A senior at Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Bazley signed a letter of intent last summer to play for Coach Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University.

But by the time the McDonald’s All-American Game rolled around on March 28, Bazley, 17, was reconsidering his options. And the day after the game, Bazley stunned many observers by…