Indiana’s Romeo Langford entering 2019 NBA Draft Indiana freshman guard Romeo Langford tells Jonathan Givony of ESPN.com that he’ll enter the 2019 NBA Draft. The extent of the injury wasn't revealed until the end of the season. That injury required surgery at the end of the season and the recovery time forced Langford to miss 2019 Summer League play.
Romeo Langford, the No. Romeo James Langford (born October 25, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He started all 32 games in which he appeared. 5 recruit in the 2018 ESPN 100, puts on the Indiana hat and announces his commitment to the Hoosiers. Langford is the son of Tim and Sabrina Langford and he has two sisters, Tiffany and Tisha.
"I plan on officially declaring for the draft next week," Langford told ESPN. Twice, in early January, Langford scored 28 points. Romeo James Langford was born in New Albany, Indiana, in 1999. Less than 15 months ago, Langford was ranked by ESPN as the fifth-best college basketball prospect in the country. Romeo Langford finds Robert Williams III on the baseline for the tough slam. How are these ratings calculated? That same year, he was selected as the National Player of the Year for the sophomore class in 2016 by MaxPreps. He first hit that mark January 3rd against Illinois, then repeated the feat eight days later at Maryland.
Also as a senior, Langford was named Indiana Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year. Langford find Williams for easy flush. Langford's Hoosiers finished 19-16 and made it to the third round of the NIT before losing to Wichita State. That didn't quite happen. He played for New Albany High School. Indiana University guard Romeo Langford plans on declaring for the 2019 NBA draft, ESPN's Jonathan Givony According to Givony, Langford is currently in New York, where he's scheduled to undergo surgery for a torn ligament in his thumb that he suffered in late November. Our historical fantasy ratings are standard scores calculated using 8-Category settings with 12 teams and 13 players per team. You can follow Langford @yeahyeah22 on both Instagram and Twitter.Langford played one season of college ball at Indiana University. In May of 2018, he committed to his home state school of Indiana University and seemed destined for a dream one-and-done season. The Celtics see both Langford and Edwards as long-term, high-upside scoring threats. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy "In his single season at IU, Langford was the team's leading scorer, averaging 16.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 32 games for the Hoosiers during his freshman campaign.Langford was 247Sports' sixth-ranked player in the Class of 2018 coming out of New Albany. The Hoosier averaged 16.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 34.1 minutes per game. As a sophomore he lead New Albany to a 27-1 record and a class 4A state championship, the school's first state title since 1973. "I'm looking forward to showing NBA teams all the things that they didn't see out of me during the college basketball season.
Langford was named a Naismith All-American twice and MaxPreps All-American as a senior.
He played for New Albany High School. At times, he displayed poor body language and a propensity to force bad shots. Langford also played on USA Basketball's 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup Team in Egypt that earned a bronze medal. An injured thumb hampered his production for much of that lone 2018-19 season. The Hoosier also apparently played with a thumb injury for much of his lone season, which might explain the 27 percent shooting from behind the arc.
Follow full coverage of Romeo Langford during the 2019 NBA Draft on ESPN.com A shooting guard, he was drafted by the Celtics 14th overall in the 2019 NBA draft. He is the 27th former Indiana Mr. Basketball to play for Indiana University.