He says that he is maintaining eligibility so he is testing the waters. I guess we will see how accommodating he finds them. No harm in getting feedback.

Why didn't he ask us to respect his decision?

Hammonds started 85 of 93 games the past three seasons for the Hoop Dawgs and avg. 10.5 ppg (46.2% FG, 33.9% 3-pt. FG, 72.2% FT), 6.1 rpg, and 1.5 apg.

Since freshman C Rodney Howard (6'11") transferred, sophomore forward Amanze Ngumezi (6'9") transferred, and junior F Rayshaun Hammonds (6'9") declared for the NBA draft, UGA has no players returning (unless Hammonds changes his mind) next season that are taller than 6'8" (i.e., freshmen Toumani Camara and Mike Peake).

2020-'21 roster:
1. Freshman 4* G Kadarius "K.D." Johnson (6'1")
2. Freshman 4* F Joshua Taylor (6'9")
3. Sophomore Christian Brown (6'6") - played in 31 games w/ 0 starts last season
4. Sophomore Toumani Camara (6'7") - played in 32 games w/ 23 starts last season
5. Sophomore 2* F Jonathan Ned (6'8")
6. Sophomore F Mike Peake - played in 24 games w/ 0 starts last season
7. Sophomore 2* G Mikal Starks (6')
8. Sophomore F Jaykwon Walton (6'7") - played in 7 games last season (none since 18 January) w/ 0 starts last season (transfer candidate)
9. Sophomore G Sahvir Wheeler (5'10" [generous listing]) - played in 31 games w/ 17 starts last season
10. Junior Tye Fagan (6'3") - played in 63 games w/ 3 starts the past two seasons
11. TBD
12. TBD
13. TBD

Interesting strategy. Lets see how that plays out...