Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

He's going to be a top 4 pick just like towns and okafor. Why would he do anything different from them? And what does he have to gain if none of the other top guys are participating?

crzymdups wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

He's going to be a top 4 pick just like towns and okafor. Why would he do anything different from them? And what does he have to gain if none of the other top guys are participating?

Russell will be there.

Russell will prob participate in very little of the combine.

BRIGGS wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

He probably has a promise. The Knicks do that kind of stuff a lot. Isiah did and hes probably making the pick.

I believe Briggsy's slant wayyyyyyy more than I do Mudiay's agent having an inability to recognize a meal ticket

Vmart wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

He's going to be a top 4 pick just like towns and okafor. Why would he do anything different from them? And what does he have to gain if none of the other top guys are participating?

Russell will be there.

Looks like Russell isn't sure about being a top 4-5 player and feels he needs to show himself to the scouts. I can see Russell going just to ease the doubts on his athleticism maybe that last game vs Arizona left a lot of doubt about his game.

There have been concerns about his athleticism and quickness, much like Steph Curry.

I bet he participates in all the quickness, strength and athleticism drills and does pretty well.

Knicks1969 wrote:

H1AND1 wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

Mudiay's is a mystery and as it stands right now, his draft stock projects him as a top 5 pick. Why on earth would he submit to an intensive process designed to bring out flaws and risk lowering his stock?

You have it backwards, Im afraid. His handlers are trying to preserve his stock as much as possible. This is the way it works. The projected top picks who have some questions do not go all out going to every combine and workout. See Exum last year.

You are correct and I pray to God this dude is NOT drafted as a lotto pick. That would be a slap in the face to all the young kids who took the college route.

He's a lock to go top 4.

I'm very curious about him, but I understand why others are wary. But he earned like 1.5M for him and his family by forgoing the cheap and fake one year of college ball.

Kyrie Irving missed all but ten games of his one year of college and people were wary about him, too. He turned out okay. Obviously it can go the other way, but I don't think it should be held against the kid that he wanted money for a year rather than go through the dog and pony show of pretending to attend classes and study the sacred art of college hoops. March Madness makes a billion dollars every year and the kids get none of it. They get a scholarship, but most of them never take advantage of the actual classes, focusing on getting a pro deal instead. I think they should let kids who play high profile sports go back and get a free degree when they are done pursuing professional sports... that'd make it a little more fair.

Knicks1969 wrote:

H1AND1 wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

Mudiay's is a mystery and as it stands right now, his draft stock projects him as a top 5 pick. Why on earth would he submit to an intensive process designed to bring out flaws and risk lowering his stock?

You have it backwards, Im afraid. His handlers are trying to preserve his stock as much as possible. This is the way it works. The projected top picks who have some questions do not go all out going to every combine and workout. See Exum last year.

You are correct and I pray to God this dude is NOT drafted as a lotto pick. That would be a slap in the face to all the young kids who took the college route.

Slap in the face? I don't think the college kids care if Mudiay went to college or not. The college kid knows that if they are good they will get drafted. Besides what is the difference between Euro players coming into the draft and Mudiay. If you really watch college you will see kids who won't even be in professional league. It's a very low standard of game.

What did Mudiay ever do to you? You have a vendetta against an 19 year old kid because he is a threat to the player you want the Knicks to get. I think we should be happy with who ever we get obviously it's going to decided by position of draft and who ever we get will be good. All this rooting for this guy to be drafted or that guy will lead to resentment toward the player and the team you root for.

Nalod wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

What do you care about this kid? Family is dirt poor and education is not part of his plan.

fishmike wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

H1AND1 wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:I don't know what his handlers are doing, but they are trying their darnest to hide this kid as much as possible. He is an unknown commodity and should be participating in all of the combines to showcase his talent. I can understand Okafor and Towns not participating, but not Mudiay.

Mudiay's is a mystery and as it stands right now, his draft stock projects him as a top 5 pick. Why on earth would he submit to an intensive process designed to bring out flaws and risk lowering his stock?

You have it backwards, Im afraid. His handlers are trying to preserve his stock as much as possible. This is the way it works. The projected top picks who have some questions do not go all out going to every combine and workout. See Exum last year.

You are correct and I pray to God this dude is NOT drafted as a lotto pick. That would be a slap in the face to all the young kids who took the college route.

He's a lock to go top 4.

I'm very curious about him, but I understand why others are wary. But he earned like 1.5M for him and his family by forgoing the cheap and fake one year of college ball.

Kyrie Irving missed all but ten games of his one year of college and people were wary about him, too. He turned out okay. Obviously it can go the other way, but I don't think it should be held against the kid that he wanted money for a year rather than go through the dog and pony show of pretending to attend classes and study the sacred art of college hoops. March Madness makes a billion dollars every year and the kids get none of it. They get a scholarship, but most of them never take advantage of the actual classes, focusing on getting a pro deal instead. I think they should let kids who play high profile sports go back and get a free degree when they are done pursuing professional sports... that'd make it a little more fair.

Im not blown away by him but the talent is there. He was THE pick coming out of HS. That China contract speaks volumes of his talent level. Those teams can only have two 'western' players on the roster and they knew for even one year this kid could be a draw. He got hurt but did leave Steph Marbury impressed by his game and I think that's legit praise.

The reason i would welcome drafting him is guys like Rose and Wall and even to a lesser comparison Tyreke Evans were major impact players in the nba at age 19. These are generally his range of comparison players. These types of players with the advanced physical tools don't come around often, and when they do, have a major impact in the nba right away. In addition, with guards like Calderon, Galloway, and/or Shved all potentially on the roster, you have combo-type guards who can help ease his transition to the PG position in year 1. It would be a decent fit. The thing i don't like about him is his lack of shooting ability, but having a knock-down shooter share the backcourt with him would make up for that until he really improves.