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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 1, 2019 15:36:16 GMT -5
North Carolina freshman Nassir Little is declaring for the NBA draft. Played 18 minutes per game for the Tar Heels, averaging 10 points per game. Likely small forward in the NBA, but only shot 28% from three point range. Talen Horton-Tucker declared for the draft. He played 27 minutes per game with Iowa State this year. Averaged 12 ppg while shooting 41/31/63. He's a 6-4 guard, so my immediate thought is that his lack of shooting will keep him from getting drafted and he might be back, but his announcement on Twitter seems to indicate he has no plans of returning. Bummer but not wholly unexpected at all about Little. He's projected by NBADraft to go 7th overall. Fellow Tar Heel Coby White is projected at #5 overall -- he was a great, fun PG to watch in the Carolina system this year. Seeing him play another one or two more would've been a whole lot of fun. Instead, by going #5 he's set to make around $5M next year playing ball, and then untold fortunes after that given the money that sloshes around the NBA. Yeah, I figured Little was on his way out the door. You got the sense that he was just marking time until the season ended. I think he would have ended up being an excellent college player, but I'm sure someone will draft him and he'll make a lot of money, too. The crazy thing about the NBA these days is that guys who are just average college players end up having LONG NBA careers.
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Post by rbj on Apr 1, 2019 16:40:56 GMT -5
Bummer but not wholly unexpected at all about Little. He's projected by NBADraft to go 7th overall. Fellow Tar Heel Coby White is projected at #5 overall -- he was a great, fun PG to watch in the Carolina system this year. Seeing him play another one or two more would've been a whole lot of fun. Instead, by going #5 he's set to make around $5M next year playing ball, and then untold fortunes after that given the money that sloshes around the NBA. Yeah, I figured Little was on his way out the door. You got the sense that he was just marking time until the season ended. I think he would have ended up being an excellent college player, but I'm sure someone will draft him and he'll make a lot of money, too. The crazy thing about the NBA these days is that guys who are just average college players end up having LONG NBA careers. You are right, a lot of guys have long careers and make a lot of $$$. One of my favorite titans Willie Green and Flintstones Charlie Bell and Mo Peterson are all examples of this. Willie Green 12 years 23.5 million. Charlie Bell 8 years 20 million. Morris Peterson 11 years 41.8 million.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 3, 2019 16:06:39 GMT -5
North Carolina freshman Nassir Little is declaring for the NBA draft. Played 18 minutes per game for the Tar Heels, averaging 10 points per game. Likely small forward in the NBA, but only shot 28% from three point range. Talen Horton-Tucker declared for the draft. He played 27 minutes per game with Iowa State this year. Averaged 12 ppg while shooting 41/31/63. He's a 6-4 guard, so my immediate thought is that his lack of shooting will keep him from getting drafted and he might be back, but his announcement on Twitter seems to indicate he has no plans of returning. Bummer but not wholly unexpected at all about Little. He's projected by NBADraft to go 7th overall. Fellow Tar Heel Coby White is projected at #5 overall -- he was a great, fun PG to watch in the Carolina system this year. Seeing him play another one or two more would've been a whole lot of fun. Instead, by going #5 he's set to make around $5M next year playing ball, and then untold fortunes after that given the money that sloshes around the NBA. As expected, Coby White declares for the NBA draft. Per Twitter: CollegeBB News @collegebbncaa
With Coby White and Nassir Little declaring for the NBA Draft, this will mark the first time Roy Williams has had two same year one-and-done players during his tenure at North Carolina.
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Post by ptctitan on Apr 3, 2019 16:42:32 GMT -5
Just remember that players can now declare for the draft and hire an agent, but change their minds and return to college hoops if their NBA pro prospects do not meet their expectations or requirements.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 3, 2019 17:30:58 GMT -5
Basketball twitter guy Jamie Shaw just said that every college player should declare for the draft and go through the process just to get feedback. Which is one of the dumbest ideas I have heard about basketball in a long time.
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Post by motorcitysam on May 1, 2019 20:00:45 GMT -5
233 players declared for early entry to the NBA draft. That includes 175 players from American colleges. That college number is down from 181 in 2018. Of course, this number does not include senior players who have declared for the draft. There is some interesting information in the article below that about changes to the process this year, including the creation of the G League Elite Camp, an event that takes place prior to the normal NBA combine. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26586762/nba-draft-233-early-entry-prospects-declare-2019
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Post by motorcitysam on May 14, 2019 18:55:37 GMT -5
Some of the guys definitely staying in the Draft so far:
Jordan Poole and Charles Matthews, Michigan.
Jontay Porter, Missouri. (Sophomore. Missed most of his college career with injuries.)
Aubrey Dawkins, UCF.
Luguentz Dort, Arizona State.
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Post by motorcitysam on May 20, 2019 15:00:42 GMT -5
Kenny Wooten and Louis King of Oregon both say that they are staying in the NBA draft.
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Post by motorcitysam on May 28, 2019 17:37:17 GMT -5
The deadline for players to withdraw from the draft and be eligible to return to school is tomorrow, May 29. Had a flurry of announcements today and yesterday about players withdrawing from the draft. Still going to be a lot of players staying in and going undrafted.
Not sure if the new process (allowing players to retain agents and still being able to keep eligibility) is an improvement over the old one. For sure it leads to a longer period of roster uncertainty, which leads to delayed commitment decisions. I imagine that once a player contracts with an agent, that agent does everything he can to push the kid to stay in the draft. Getting a percentage of a G League salary is better than the nothing you get as an agent when the kid goes back to school.
For their sake, I hope players aren't putting themselves in the position of having to stay in the draft. I've seen it happen when players are so sure they are going to get drafted that they stop going to class at the end of February and find themselves ineligible for the coming season.
At any rate, we should see some dominoes falling among the high majors this week, with an eventual trickle down effect to the mid majors as it impacts recruiting.
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Post by motorcitysam on May 31, 2019 20:45:19 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 2, 2019 18:09:03 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 21, 2019 20:40:10 GMT -5
Saw a post today that stated 44 players with college eligibility remaining who declared for the draft went undrafted. Some will sign summer league deals and get a chance that way, but a lot of players just got bad advice.
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Post by Commissioner on Jun 21, 2019 21:08:19 GMT -5
Saw a post today that stated 44 players with college eligibility remaining who declared for the draft went undrafted. Some will sign summer league deals and get a chance that way, but a lot of players just got bad advice. My guess is a fair percentage of those 44 knew the NBA was a long shot but more realistically expect to start a career overseas.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 25, 2020 13:51:56 GMT -5
Another way that Covid-19 is impacting basketball: We might not see a draft combine or player workouts with interested teams.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 31, 2020 17:43:51 GMT -5
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