Enhanced by Final Four run, UCLA players’ NBA prospects remain middling

UCLA guard Chris Smith points to a teammate during a game earlier this season before he was injured. Now Smith must decide if he should return for another season or gamble on the NBA draft.As recently as a month ago, that familiar clash — should they stay or should they go? — confronted only one UCLA player facing a decision about his NBA future.

Slogging through the early stages of rehabilitating a serious knee injury, Chris Smith contemplated two choices. Staying for one more college season would allow the senior guard to prove he was recovered and worthy of a draft pick. Going to the NBA draft immediately would allow him to cash in on his enticing upside — or risk falling down the draft…