Auburn’s All-SEC floor general is moving on.

Wendell Green Jr., who started all 34 games at point guard for Auburn this season, announced Sunday evening that he is declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft. While Green has until 11:59 p.m. on May 31 to withdraw his name from the draft and retain his college eligibility, there was a sense of finality in the 5-foot-11 guard’s announcement.

“I would like to announce that I will be starting my professional career and declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft,” read the final sentence of Green’s announcement. Whether Green gets an opportunity with an NBA team this offseason, the Detroit native seems ready to move on from college basketball after three seasons — the last two at Auburn — and take the next step in his journey, even if it’s in the G League or overseas.

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For Auburn, Green’s decision is just the latest development in the roster restructuring this offseason. The first moves came last week, when freshmen Yohan Traore and Chance Westry entered the transfer portal after one season. Neither one of those highly touted 2022 signees and top-40 overall recruits were regular rotation pieces for Auburn in 2022-23; Traore fell out of the regular rotation during SEC play, playing sporadically over the final three months of the season, while Westry was shut down in early January due to a knee injury and redshirted this season.

Green’s departure is more significant for Auburn. He was the Tigers’ sixth man as a sophomore after transferring from Eastern Kentucky, averaging 12 points, 5.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game off the bench during a historic season for the program. He then moved into a starting role as a junior, finishing second on the team in scoring (13.7 points per game) while averaging 4.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game and earning second-team All-SEC honors.

With Green moving on, Auburn will have a new point guard heading into Bruce Pearl’s 10th season on the Plains. The question is, who will take the reins of the Tigers’ offense for 2023-24?

Auburn has two options currently penciled in at the position for next season: rising sophomore Tre Donaldson and incoming 2023 signee Aden Holloway.

Donaldson, a former three-star signee in the 2022 class, appeared in 32 games off the bench for Auburn as a freshman this past season. He was Green’s primary backup, which meant limited minutes (just 10.5 per game) while averaging 2.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. His best regular-season performance came in nonconference play against USC, when he had a season-high 12 points and four steals in 16 minutes during the loss in Los Angeles. While his impact wasn’t overwhelming for much of the regular season, Donaldson took a significant stride forward during Auburn’s NCAA Tournament run. In two games in Birmingham, Donaldson scored 17 points and went a perfect 5-of-5 from beyond the arc; his 3-for-3 effort from 3-point range came during a crucial stretch in Auburn’s opening-round win against Iowa, and he carried that over into a strong first-half performance for the team against top-seeded Houston in the second round.

Whether Donaldson is prepared to take on the starting role heading into his sophomore season could hinge on multiple factors, one of which is the impending arrival of Holloway, a McDonald’s All-American and high four-star recruit. The 6-foot Holloway is the No. 27 overall recruit in the 2023 class, the No. 6 point guard in the class and just narrowly missed the cut for five-star status, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He’s a dynamic scorer with range and ball-handler who can get to his spots on the floor, as he showcased in last week’s McDonald’s All-American Game. In that game, Holloway had 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from deep and added three steals, two assists and two rebounds in 14 minutes on the court.

Holloway fits the mold of the type of point guards who have excelled in Pearl’s system — guys like Jared Harper and Sharife Cooper — and is the kind of elite prospect who could seamlessly slide into the starting role as a true freshman.

While those are the two point guard options currently on (or, in Holloway’s case, soon to be on) Auburn’s roster, there is a third door that could have an answer waiting on the other side — the transfer portal. Auburn has been active exploring its options in the portal, and not just at point guard, given the open spots on the roster heading into next season. With the decisions of Green, Traore and Westry, along with the departure of Zep Jasper, Auburn is projected at nine scholarship players for next season — and that’s with counting the trio of seniors (Allen Flanigan, Jaylin Williams and Stretch Akingbola) who have their COVID year of eligibility remaining and have yet to announce their own decisions. That leaves the Tigers with four more available scholarships to fill.

While the Tigers have other needs on the roster, Pearl and his staff have reportedly been in touch with a handful of point guard options since they’ve entered the portal. Among the players Auburn has reportedly expressed interest in with experience at the position are Rice’s Quincy Olivari, Tulane’s Jalen Cook, Ole Miss’ Amaree Abram, Syracuse’s Joe Girard and Northern Arizona’s Jalen Cone.

Olivari is a 6-foot-3, score-first point guard who averaged 18.7 points per game and shot 36.4 percent from beyond the arc while leading Rice in scoring last season. An Atlanta native who comes from the same high school as former Auburn star Chuma Okeke (Westlake High), Olivari received a visit from Pearl in Houston last week. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

Cook entered his name into the NBA Draft while also retaining his eligibility and exploring his options on the transfer market after another strong season at Tulane. The 6-foot guard missed time early in the year but started 24 games for the Green Wave and averaged 19.9 points and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 34.5 percent from deep. He would need to graduate or be granted a waiver from the NCAA to be immediately eligible, should he transfer, since he already used his one-time transfer after spending his freshman season at LSU.

Abram is a former four-star recruit who signed with Ole Miss as part of its 2022 class, but after a coaching change for the Rebels — Kermit Davis was fired in late February and subsequently replaced by Chris Beard — Abram entered the portal last month. The 6-foot-4 Abram averaged eight points, two assists and two rebounds across 33 games, including 22 starts, and shot 36.4 percent from distance as a freshman. He would have three years of eligibility remaining.

Girard is a fifth-year player who averaged 16.4 points and three assists per game for Syracuse this season. The 6-foot-1 guard shot 38.1 percent from deep as a senior and is a career 36.4 percent shooter from 3-point range. Cone, meanwhile, is a 5-foot-11 guard who started his career at Virginia Tech before spending the last two seasons at Northern Arizona. He has one season of eligibility remaining after averaging 17.6 points per game on 40 percent shooting from deep.

Other potential targets could emerge for Auburn as the offseason gets fully underway, and whether Auburn lands any of those early portal targets remains to be seen. One way or another, though, the Tigers will have a new floor general leading the way next season.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.