NardDogNation wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:NardDogNation wrote:jazz74 wrote:why would embild and exum stay if they are projected lottery picks anyway? to be number one?
Embiid actually likes college and some think he'd pull a Marcus Smart. Dante Exum seems to be committed to this draft though.
If I were Embiid's agent, I'd tell him to leave. You never know when scouts will turn on your game. Marcus Smart would have gone #2 last year. He'll probably still go in the top 5 or 10 this year, but he definitely lost some money by staying. I have never seen Exum play, but I'm usually leery when scouts try to tout 6'6" guard as a point. Those guys usually flame out or are moved to another position.
Sometimes it isn't always about maximizing your draft potential. College is an opportunity to refine one's game so I don't think it would be a bad thing for Embiid to return. How many players we could point to that would've been for the better for having gone/stayed in college longer? We got one on our team and his name is Jeremy Tyler.
As for Exum, I think the guy meets every bit of the hype. 6"6' PG's (or in his case 6"8') are en vogue at the moment and are doing pretty well for themselves (e.g. Michael Carter Williams, Shaun Livingston, Jrue Holiday, John Wall). I personally think that Exum will be the best of the bunch and could approach Anfernee Hardaway status.
John Wall and jrue Holiday aren't quite quite 6'6' While Michael Carter Williams appears to the exception to the rule, there are a list of guys whose careers never quite got on track until they shifted back to shooting guards (John Barry, Steve Smith, Mark Jaric, Jamal Crawford, Derek Anderson, Doug Christie, Walt Williams, Jalen Rose etc.) Even the two guys you listed, Anfernee Hardaway and Shaun Livingston, have been hampered by knee injuries. I thought MCW would be the exception to the rule coming out, but it's still early in his career. Like I said, I haven't seen Exum play, so I can make a judgement one way or the other.
I agree that it's good for some players to stay in college in refine their games. But that decision changes when you're leaving money on the board.Jeremy Tyler draft position wasn't nearly as locked down as Embiid's. Look at what happened to Mitch McGarry. He blew millions returning to school. Scouts are already whispering about Embiid's back and any future issues it can cause. What if he continues to have issues next year and it lowers his stock? Ultimately, it's a decision that he and his family should mak., But if I were Embiid's agent, I'd tell him to strike while iron is hot.
Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
3/18/2014 10:39 PM