UCLA’s Jordan Adams drafted 22nd overall by Memphis Grizzlies

He made the right choice after all.

After leading UCLA in scoring on the way to a Sweet 16 run, Jordan Adams announced that he would stay for his junior year. Nine days later, he announced that he had changed his mind.

That decision paid off during Thursday night’s NBA draft, when the 6-foot-5 swingman went 22nd overall to the Memphis Grizzlies. It was about as high as Adams — projected as a fringe first-rounder — likely could have hoped to go.

The Atlanta-area native ranked seventh in the Pac-12 with 17.2 points per game and set a single-season UCLA record with 95 steals, but also finished near the bottom of nearly every strength and agility test at last month’s NBA combine.

Adams was the second Bruin drafted, following Zach LaVine going to the Minnesota Timberwolves at 13th overall. It marked the third time in seven drafts that multiple UCLA players were taken in the first round — following Jrue Holiday and Darren Collison in 2009, and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love in 2008.