Listen, put me in the parking lot, you know, with bears and I go out there and play.

It don't matter.

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Sharif Cooper has declared for the NBA draft, and he also intends to hire an agent.

So it's not like he's going to test the draft waters.

It certainly appears that his time at Auburn is done.

Yeah, just a couple of weeks ago, you know, the fan base was kind of feeling like, you know, maybe he'll return.

Maybe we'll see.

I was starting to lean that way just because of the time it took.

Yeah, I was just starting to hope, considering just what Auburn was doing in the transfer portal. It's like

maybe they get a combo guard or two and they let Sharif do his thing. But it's obvious that he is,

he is electing to go to the draft and he is not returning at all. Not really sure whether or not

this move benefits him, but we'll just have to wait and see, wait and see what scouts say about him and just wait and see where he gets, and where he lands,

honestly. It's just about just waiting now just to see kind of like how he pans out.

Yeah, he's mocked around 16 or 17, depending on where you look, late teens, mid to late

teens. He tweeted out earlier today on Friday,

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