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stitches said:
The Jazz should probably give him a promise for the second pick.
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He’s going to NCAA if not NBA, so I don’t what complications lie there. I really do wonder if you can stash a player in NCAA now.

Anyways, about him as a prospect. I’ve read and watched everything I can find on him. I don’t really know why he’s left out of the discussion with the other international first round prospects like Kas, Demin, Essengue, Saraf, Traore, and Hugo. He’s played with and against them and I don’t think the others performed so much better than him and it doesn’t seem like the general opinion was that they were all better than him. If anything, he might be physically undeveloped compared to the pack but right now he is the one getting minutes at the highest level.

There’s definitely something unsustainable about his recent run, but if he continues to be decent at the ACB/Euroleague level he is for sure a first round pick.
 
KqWIN said:
He’s going to NCAA if not NBA, so I don’t what complications lie there. I really do wonder if you can stash a player in NCAA now.

Anyways, about him as a prospect. I’ve read and watched everything I can find on him. I don’t really know why he’s left out of the discussion with the other international first round prospects like Kas, Demin, Essengue, Saraf, Traore, and Hugo. He’s played with and against them and I don’t think the others performed so much better than him and it doesn’t seem like the general opinion was that they were all better than him. If anything, he might be physically undeveloped compared to the pack but right now he is the one getting minutes at the highest level.

There’s definitely something unsustainable about his recent run, but if he continues to be decent at the ACB/Euroleague level he is for sure a first round pick.
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Remember how OKC gave a promise to Porzingis with the pick they ended up using on Mitch McGary(it was late teens or early 20s pick... don't remember)? He ended up not declaring that year, but I really think this is a good way to use some of those many picks we have that probably end up outside the lottery. Identify talent early... and bid on that talent early before it's realized at a prominent stage. Sure, it's probably more risky than waiting to see the guy develop over the next 12 months or so... but then, you might not even have the chance to draft him and definitely not at that price. What's the opportunity cost here? picks in the 20s are freaking useless most of the time anyways. What's the median outcome to that pick anyways? Mitch McGary?

Yeah.. I can live with us taking shots like this.
 
slc said:
Is Dame Sarr Alex Sarr's younger brother
Some sites mention they are and other's completely ignor this
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No, Dame is Italian, Alex is French.

Alex's only brother, to my knowledge, is Olivier Sarr, a guy who use to be in the NBA.
 
KqWIN said:
This is probably one of the dumbest thoughts I've had (which is saying a lot), but with NIL and NCAA essentially being a pro league now....Can NBA teams stash players in the NCAA?

Let's just say, for example, Egor really wants to go back to school but he also doesn't want to risk losing out on millions of dollars. The Jazz want him badly, but wouldn't mind if he played a year elsewhere before joining the NBA and starting his rookie deal. Can Egor stay in the draft, the Jazz draft him, he stays at BYU and collects NIL, then next year he signs his rookie deal?

This could be applied to anyone. Is that completely stupid? Like what if we want to use a second rounder on Richie Saunders, but he spends one year "at home" being stashed at BYU and he signs his rookie tender the following season?

I guess the big question would be if they are still eligible to play in NCAA after being drafted, but I feel like the NCAA has just let it be open season with eligibility.
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I'm almost certain this possibility does not exist at this point (post-Bird). I can't imagine it wouldn't be exploited if it was still available.

(But I don't have a direct reference to point to, so it's probably worth continuing to see if there's someone who has a more researched answer.)
 
idiot said:
I'm almost certain this possibility does not exist at this point (post-Bird). I can't imagine it wouldn't be exploited if it was still available.

(But I don't have a direct reference to point to, so it's probably worth continuing to see if there's someone who has a more researched answer.)
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What’s changed since Bird is NIL. Players can now get paid and have agents. I’m not sure it has changed enough to allow for this, but what used to make players ineligible for NCAA is hiring an agent.
 
The NBA draft used to have a rule that you could draft players who haven't declared for the draft. I think that rule got changed.
 
KqWIN said:
What’s changed since Bird is NIL. Players can now get paid and have agents. I’m not sure it has changed enough to allow for this, but what used to make players ineligible for NCAA is hiring an agent.
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Good point. I suspect it hasn't, as you say, changed enough. But yeah, not 100% sure.
 
Shawn Respert shot 48% from 3 on 9 attempts per game his last year in college. Got to the NBA and they didnt let him shoot 3's.

Got to think he might have been a guy who would have good in the modern NBA.

Never heard of him before, but damn, that has to be the craziest volume 3pt shooting season ever.
 
idiot said:
Good point. I suspect it hasn't, as you say, changed enough. But yeah, not 100% sure.
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I've seen situations that feel much more egregious elsewhere. Like there was just a wrestler who came back to college after signing with the WWE and the NFL. Maybe it matters that it's not exactly the same sport?

To your point, if it is possible we will probably see it soon. I just didn't hear about how they reestablished the rules now that college athletes can have agents.
 
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