Malik Monk: Will enter 2017 NBA Draft

Monk announced Tuesday that he would hire an agent and enter the 2017 NBA Draft, the Associated Press reports.

Monk certainly justified his billing as one of the top high-school prospects in the Class of 2016 during his lone season at Kentucky, as he helped lead the Wildcats to the Elite Eight while averaging a team-best 19.8 points per game. The 6-foot-4 Monk profiles best as a shooting guard at the next level, where his ability to light it up from distance and rock the rim could make him a high-volume scorer at the next level, though his team context will ultimately dictate how he's used. He's projected to be selected somewhere in the draft lottery.