Holiday affirmed his intentions in a tweet in which he thanked his family, UCLA coaches and fans for supporting him. The junior will forgo his final season of college eligibility after becoming the Pac-12 Conference's leading scorer, averaging 20.3 points per game, to go with 5.8 assists per game.
Holiday may have played his way into the first round of the draft after becoming only the second Bruin to average 19 points and five assists, joining eventual NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton. The 6-foot-1 Holiday is projected as a late first-round pick in some mock drafts and an early second-round pick in others.