Probably due to family and peer pressure. Everybody wants to get to the money and fame as quickly as possible!
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I said it was unrealistic, not unprecedented. If your only cited data point is 22 years old, and it’s Tim Duncan, I think you’re reinforcing the idea that expecting top end talent to stay 4 years is unrealistic. Sure it could happen but it’s very unlikely.
It’s not foolish because Duncan went on to become one of the greatest PF’s of all time. If he turned his knee to pudding, and went on to become Tim Duncan: Regional Sales Manager then it would’ve been exceedingly foolish.
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I mean, once you’re considered the #1 consensus overall pick, there really isn’t a reason to come back. You can only go down from there.
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True! But sometimes the kid may not be ready for the pro though. That’s how some kids ended up being a flop!
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Just listened. That should tell you pretty much all you should know. It’s the expectation that Quentin is playing this season. Will be an absolute shock if he is not.
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True, but he’ll still make a ton of money. If he goes back, he risks injury and/or a bad season that can see him drop.
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Very true if you are a lottery pick or heck 1st Rd pick that is life changing money even if you flop. Going back is tricky because usually the kids dont improve enough to make a huge jump. It usually exposes more flaws and allows the scouts to nit pick you more. Daniel Gafford(Arkansas) comes to mind recently where he was a 1st Rd pick a yr ago but stayed and became a 2nd Rd pick.
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I guess it could go both ways! That’s why I have no problem if a kid go either way.
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That could be because the year he actually came out for the draft has a lot of talented players, more than the previous year. The only way to know if staying in college a year or two longer is a better thing for a kid to do is to look into the success rate of top 10 high school kids who chose to stay in college 2 or more years versus the one-and-done kids.
That’s why I hope the NBA goes with the baseball model of either drafting kids directly out of high school, or kids have to stay two years if they go to college. Allows the kids that have no interest in school to go and make money somewhere and takes some of the pressure off the kids that go to school since they know they’ll be there at least two years.
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I just gotta give pesik props for charts. The guy brought charts.
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Does the NCAA prohibit a 3rd party from lending a kid money for insurance premiums? (Not referring to a bank but individual)
i.e. a large policy covering injury your senior season.
I think the school itself can pay for the insurance
Story on Duke paying for Zion.
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Wow.
Since he was drafted #1 overall, the policy didn’t have to pay him.
The policy didn’t pay out, but Duke did pay out to to buy the policy.
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I just got a job offer!! (Which I think qualifies as good news)
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Where??! Good News indeed!!!
Congrats, Rafael.
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