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Following potential 2013 draftees

Hotttnickkk said:
Sometimes I do think you're bing a contrarian just for the sake of being a contrarian. That's fine. No problem with that.

But with Smart - we're talking millions of $ at stake here man. This is not just about making a cute post on some Jazzfanz forum. This is facking real life man!
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I guess I just find it refreshing that a basketball player isn't obsessed with money. This just makes me like Smart even more.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I guess I just find it refreshing that a basketball player isn't obsessed with money. This just makes me like Smart even more.
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Obtaining enough money to conceivably take care of you for the rest of your life vs. gambling is not being obsessed with money. It's really pretty not smart. Whether he improves or whatever or not doesn't change what is now. And what is now is he's walking away from >$10 million dollars.
 
NBN said:
Jared Sullinger? Projected top-5 pick, returned to school and got drafted 21st.
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Fat-*** who was already a pretty polished player. He really didn't have much room for stark improvement, not to mention there were medical red-flags.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Obtaining enough money to conceivably take care of you for the rest of your life vs. gambling is not being obsessed with money. It's really pretty not smart. Whether he improves or whatever or not doesn't change what is now. And what is now is he's walking away from >$10 million dollars.
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If it was me, I would enter the draft. Just saying I think Smart is going to fair better than prior examples of a projected lottery player staying in school.
 
NBN said:
Myck Kabongo? Lottery pick that returned to school and is now a late first-rounder.
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False. He was projected as a lottery pick prior to the start of his college career. Once the season got underway he was never really strongly considered a lottery pick. Then he had the whole NCAA problem thing, just bad luck there.
 
NUMBERICA said:
And you know what made all of that clear? Time. One year to be precise.
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This is true. I think it was known he was a low potential type player by most though. I think a lot of his drop was due to the medical flags, which may have been found if he was being checked out by team doctors after his freshman year too. Not saying he would have gone top 5, or even top 10, but I think he would have been around the late lottery area.
 
NBN said:
Marcus Smart returning obviously makes the 2013 weak draft even weaker and the 2014 strong draft even stronger.
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Who said Smart is coming out in 2014? The dude is going to defy the system. He going to go Shane Battier on us.
 
Let's say Magic win lottery, does Burke go #1? On a side note, Larkin should declare this year would be a first-round pick and go even higher now with Smart declaring.
 
Not that this is entirely comparable to Smart's situation, but FWIW:

Jared Sullinger was projected as a top three pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. In fact, he may have been selected first overall if he had decided to leave Ohio State after his freshman season. NBA executives and scouts were drooling over Sullinger after he averaged 17.1 points on 54.1 percent from the field and 10 rebounds with the Buckeyes. However, rather than declaring for the draft, Sullinger decided to return for his sophomore season. He averaged just 17.5 points on 51.9 percent from the field and 9.2 rebounds. Then, Sullinger’s draft stock took a huge hit when NBA doctors red-flagged him after noticing he had a bulging area in his back. The doctors believed that the injury was serious and could shorten his NBA career. Rather than being a top pick, as he would have in 2011, Sullinger was drafted with the 21st overall selection by the Boston Celtics. Had Sullinger been the first overall pick in 2011, he would have made $4,286,900 in his first season and a total of $19,331,674 on his first contract. As the 21st overall pick, he’s making $1,089,100 in his first season and a total of $5,305,350 on his first contract.

https://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-am-top-prospects-should-enter-draft#kAdTiCZKJAgqcvxy.99
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It's only $14 million difference... it's nothing.
 
NBN said:
Let's say Magic win lottery, does Burke go #1? On a side note, Larkin should declare this year would be a first-round pick and go even higher now with Smart declaring.
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I'd rather take Siva than Larkin... Siva outplayed the hell out of Burke in that Final..
 
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