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Bamba: Would have coveted NBA 'head start'

Top NBA draft prospect and former Texas freshman Mohamed Bamba says the opportunity to go straight from high school to the NBA would have been too good of a chance to pass up -- had the means been in place -- and that it would have "taken my game to the next level."

Bamba, who last month declared for June's draft and is a projected lottery pick, said Wednesday in an interview on ESPN's The Jump that his one year in college has no doubt been invaluable.

"But at the same time, I could have had a year of NBA development and had a year head start," Bamba said.