Correct. Especially for someone like Cooper who can basically sit out the whole year next year for something like a season ending injury and would still be locked top 5 in the draft next year. There isn't much risk on his draft stock whatsoever. Why work more (82 NBA games vs 30 games in a college season) to earn less?
But is it though? With the league constantly changing it's rules on CBA and expanding the "supermax" it's gets evidently more desirable to sign your contract extension later. Just look at Jokic and Jaylen Brown. Just a year ago in 2022, Jokers supermax extension was still 270mil for 5yr. Then one year later...boom! jaylen browns supermax with the Celtics became 304mil for 5 yrs. That's basically one whole year worth of extra earning. Joker sorta screwed himself by signing that deal one year earlier.
Because Duke has always preached to their players that it isn’t about your rookie deal, it’s about getting a second contract.
He is a guaranteed first pick this year. He probably wouldn't be next year.
I get where you're coming from, but the NBA is set up a certain way, with certain rules, and the Jazz are working within the framework to optimize for success, to help them overcome certain structural disadvantages.
Actually, they are actively throwing games. Sitting your healthy veterans specifically for the games against other tanking teams is throwing games. Not putting back the best players in the fourth until the very last minutes (while the opponent is erasing your lead/puling away) is throwing games. I saw it multiple times this season and it had nothing to do with optimizing for development.
Since the coach has specifically called out putting the youngins in ‘difficult situations’ purpose, I think there is at least some evidence to the contrary.
He said dumbest thing he's HEARD, not even close to the dumbest thing he's ever said.
Nope.
How did the NFL draft get impacted by NIL?
YES!!!!!!
Good prospects staying an extra year in college because the NIL money is great. Just impacts timing - when a player will enter is up in the air now.
Serious questions, since I'm not paying much attention:
www.latimes.com
So the emphasis of this article is on the later rounds of the NFL draft, as players who can get good NIL money may not want to get into the draft early if they're not projected for the early draft rounds?Just did a quick google search and found this from last year. Plenty of talk about it and I dont remember all of the players but this year in football there were a few surprises such as Carson Beck who was expected to enter the NFL draft and instead went to Miami for 4 mil. When you see basketball players getting 7 mil a year it can be tempting to hang around another year. My guess is that Flagg will do very well if he stays at Duke.
NIL in college football is making a big impact on the NFL draft
With college football players increasingly choosing to not leave school early because of NIL, the quality of players in the NFL draft is taking a hit.
