re: Props to Jordan Mickey's dad...

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Mickey’s father, James Wright, said Tuesday in a phone interview with The Advocate that while they filed the paperwork to obtain an evaluation from the NBA, no decision has been made despite the tweet posted by Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com.

“That’s not a true statement because we don’t know,” he said. “We don’t want Tiger Nation to think we’re out of here. We’re not leaning either way … we want all our teammates and fans to know that.”

“We going to weigh the options and see if it’s something that can benefit him,” Wright said. “Once we get something, some hard information, we can sit down and look at it as a family. Then you can base your decision off something you have.”

“People probably didn’t know, but he wasn’t as explosive as he was earlier in the season,” Wright said. “Jordan kept quiet because he wanted to do what he could for the team. Both ankles were banged up, that’s why he couldn’t jump.”

“Jordan loves his teammates and would like nothing more to continue to hang out with them,” he said. “At this point, he has to make a business decision. If he didn’t pursue the information, he would be doing an injustice to himself.

“If things come back and it’s in his favor to go to the NBA, we’ll be some of the most excited people on the face of this earth. If it doesn’t look good to go, we’ll be as equally as excited to go on this journey again next year and try to go farther than we went this year.”

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