tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post750829142911046326..comments2024-01-10T13:13:28.243-06:00Comments on We Are Notre Dame: Ohio State "One and Dones": The State of the Early Entry Player in College BasketballJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03901172802515710288noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-72975712489303282922009-02-17T09:07:00.000-06:002009-02-17T09:07:00.000-06:00Beyond the money argument, which is absurd, the wh...Beyond the money argument, which is absurd, the whole "his game isn't ready for the NBA" argument is pretty stupid as well. If a bunch of NBA GM's are telling a kid that they are going to select him as a lottery pick, well, that's all the proof that I need that people that know more about basketball than I believe his "game" is ready. Are you trying to tell me that NBA GM's are out there selecting players on potential that is 3 or 4 years out? Baloney! This is not Major League Baseball. If a GM selects a guy in the lottery, he thinks that player can play 20 minutes, and put up at least 10 and 5 within 2 years. And that's probably on the low end. CLEARLY, certain players blossom later, but no way in the NBA system where roughly 7 guys on any roster make contributions that GM's are drafting lottery picks with a 4 year timeline. <BR/><BR/>There aren't very many Shaqs that walk into the league and average 20+ from the get-go. There are just as many examples of guys who averaged 25 and 10 in college who took two years to meaningfully contribute as there are guys who averaged 11 and 5 in college and took two years to contribute. And technically, regardless of their college stats, were their "games" not equally ready (or not ready depending on how you look at it) for the NBA? Regardless of what my eyes or Dick Vital or Jay Bilas tell me about a player's COLLEGE "game," if a GM is taking him in the lottery, I tend to believe, whether I can see it or not, the player has a skill set to develop into a contributor in 2 years if the work is put in and the environment is right.kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053417615126720552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-51601750894743736102009-02-16T21:07:00.000-06:002009-02-16T21:07:00.000-06:00Great work Doug. As Kenny said we had a very simi...Great work Doug. As Kenny said we had a very similar discussion last night. <BR/><BR/>I was having this arument with a guy at work a couple years ago about Tyler Hansborough. This guy was pretty high up and probably made 200K a year. I finally said to the guy, "John (his name was John) if he leaves he is going to make 5-10 million dollars next year. At your current salary it is going to take 25 years to make 5 million." Of course for some unknown reason Tyler Hansborough has stayed in school for 4 years, but what else do you need to know. <BR/><BR/>As a Buckeye fan it is pretty annoying that we have to deal with lousy players like Mullens, but we did make the final game two years ago.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857200804060489663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-44221278156365794272009-02-16T16:28:00.000-06:002009-02-16T16:28:00.000-06:00AMEN. One of the best pieces every produced by th...AMEN. One of the best pieces every produced by the boys from WeisND. Just great, great analysis all the way around. I had a similar conversation with Stan about Vitale's comments during the game the other night. Just absurd. When does ESPN finally pull the plug on this clown. Can't wait until he turns purple on the air after every NBA team passes on Psycho T at this year's draft. If Dickie V was running an NBA franchise, he'd have all white shooting guards and Shane Battier in the post. What a joke this guy is. Great work.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862175017463190415noreply@blogger.com