Mark Titus, an Ohio State University student and blogger, declared for the 2009 NBA Draft Thursday, causing a stir to the league.
Titus, who maintains a blog entitled "Club Trillion", announced his decision to declare for the draft on his blog Wednesday. Titus, a walk-on reserve guard for the Buckeyes, has played just two games and recorded just one rebound for the Ohio State basketball team.
Soon thereafter, the NBA called Titus' decision "a mockery" and pressure from OSU guided Titus to recant his decision on his blog Thursday.
“I’m coming back to school for my senior year of college, basketball, and college basketball. There, I said it," said Titus. "I wanted to be upfront about it so the suspense doesn’t drag on. While you now might not see a reason as to why you should keep reading, consider that my withdrawing my name from the draft has a nice little story to it. And by nice, I mean completely uncool."
A lot of speculation has been going around about what exactly the intentions were behind my decision to enter my name into the draft," continued Titus. "Some called it a publicity stunt. Others called it…yeah, pretty much everyone called it a publicity stunt. And to a certain (very large) extent it was. But behind the veil of the “look at me” charade, there was a nugget of sincerity that maybe (just maybe) my ability to consistently make shots from anywhere this side of half-court could land me a spot on an NBA team. Now, it seems, I will never know what might have been."
Titus, who recently had teammate Evan Turner co-write a blog entry on his site, maintains the blog "Club Trillion" to detail his life as a benchwarmer and is written in a tone similar to famed blogger Tucker Max.
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