Isaiah Whitehead Signs with Agent, Will Enter 2016 NBA Draft

Seton Hall sophomore guard Isaiah Whitehead will remain in the 2016 NBA draft on June 23, sources told The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday.

League sources told Sheridan Hoops' Michael Scotto that Whitehead has signed on with Andy Miller and Stephen Pina of ASM Sports. ESPN's Jeff Goodman confirmed the news and passed along a statement from Miller: “We are extremely excited to add Isaiah.”   

Whitehead had one last message for Seton Hall, via his Twitter:

He came from relatively out of nowhere with Seton Hall to average 18.2 points and 5.1 assists per game last season as the Pirates won the Big East for the first time since 1993. 

The Brooklyn, New York, native averaged 23.3 points per game in the Big East Conference tournament, scoring 26 in the final against eventual national champion Villanova:

Although the Pirates were bounced from the first round of the NCAA tournament by Gonzaga, Whitehead helped put them back on the college basketball map last season with a 25-9 record.

This is a team that hadn't won more than 20 games since 2011-12 and hadn't made the NCAA tournament since 2005-06. 

Whitehead showed he is a versatile scorer who can be dangerous from anywhere on the floor when he's hot. However, he has to be more consistent, as he had a field-goal percentage of 37.9 and a three-point percentage of just 36.5 in 2015-16. 

If he's able to improve in that regard, then he can develop into a dangerous scorer in the league. But at the moment, Whitehead looks slated to go low in the draft this year.

ESPN's Chad Ford has Whitehead ranked as the 51st overall prospect, while DraftExpress has him going at No. 58 out of 60 picks to the Boston Celtics. 

Stats courtesy of Sports-Reference.com.