Following potential 2013 draftees

[NUMBERICA]

This. There is NOTHING about Smart that says elite..

Physical profile. Other than that, I agree. But those other things can improve hypothetically.

That said, it was probably a dumb move.

 

[A-Train (old)]

Jared Sullinger? Projected top-5 pick, returned to school and got drafted 21st.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Sometimes I do think you're bing a contrarian just for the sake of being a contrarian. That's fine. No problem with that.

But with Smart - we're talking millions of $ at stake here man. This is not just about making a cute post on some Jazzfanz forum. This is facking real life man!

I guess I just find it refreshing that a basketball player isn't obsessed with money. This just makes me like Smart even more.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I guess I just find it refreshing that a basketball player isn't obsessed with money. This just makes me like Smart even more.

Obtaining enough money to conceivably take care of you for the rest of your life vs. gambling is not being obsessed with money. It's really pretty not smart. Whether he improves or whatever or not doesn't change what is now. And what is now is he's walking away from >$10 million dollars.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jared Sullinger? Projected top-5 pick, returned to school and got drafted 21st.

Fat-*** who was already a pretty polished player. He really didn't have much room for stark improvement, not to mention there were medical red-flags.

 

[A-Train (old)]

Myck Kabongo? Lottery pick that returned to school and is now a late first-rounder.

 

[A-Train (old)]

Fat-*** who was already a pretty polished player. He really didn't have much room for stark improvement, not to mention there were medical red-flags.

Sullinger was a beast, no reason to return to school other then to win a championship.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Obtaining enough money to conceivably take care of you for the rest of your life vs. gambling is not being obsessed with money. It's really pretty not smart. Whether he improves or whatever or not doesn't change what is now. And what is now is he's walking away from >$10 million dollars.

If it was me, I would enter the draft. Just saying I think Smart is going to fair better than prior examples of a projected lottery player staying in school.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Fat-*** who was already a pretty polished player. He really didn't have much room for stark improvement, not to mention there were medical red-flags.

And you know what made all of that clear? Time. One year to be precise.

 

[The Midnight]

Well there you go..

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 3m
Overwhelming initial response of NBA executives on Marcus Smart's decision to bypass top 5 status in draft to stay in school: Shock.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Myck Kabongo? Lottery pick that returned to school and is now a late first-rounder.

False. He was projected as a lottery pick prior to the start of his college career. Once the season got underway he was never really strongly considered a lottery pick. Then he had the whole NCAA problem thing, just bad luck there.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

And you know what made all of that clear? Time. One year to be precise.

This is true. I think it was known he was a low potential type player by most though. I think a lot of his drop was due to the medical flags, which may have been found if he was being checked out by team doctors after his freshman year too. Not saying he would have gone top 5, or even top 10, but I think he would have been around the late lottery area.