Right choice for Trae Young: Picking OU a year ago

OU's Trae Young walks down the tunnel to enter the court before his final game at Lloyd Noble Center on March 2. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]Trae Young didn't have an easy choice. Multiple good options. No right or wrong decision. Just make a decision and make it the right one.

But now the decision has been made, and the verdict is in. We safely can say that Young indeed made the right choice. He picked OU. A year ago.

Young's decision Tuesday to declare for the NBA Draft was a no-brainer. That decision was made for Young, not by his advisers but by the legions of basketball prospects over the last decade or two. An NBA franchise likes its players early. Likes its players to get into…