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  • #48189
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    GlenTaylorSucks
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    So who do y’all think: 1) Made the worst decision to declare? 2) Made the best decision to stay?

    1) Adonis Thomas. I can’t believe he hired an agent. The guy’s a second rounder at best

    2) McAdoo. He REALLY needed the extra development. And I may be in the minority here, but I’m also gonna say Marcus Smart. While he is a great leader, and affects the game in many ways, his pure PG play isn’t the greatest, and could work some on his J. Basketball isn’t all about money- if he wants to learn more about the game and enjoy college, I don’t blame him for staying. Plus, he’s still one of the top 2-3 PG prospects next year, so he basically drops from top 5 consideration to lotto consideration. No big deal

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  • #763905
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    TheArtistPaysthePrice
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    In Marcus Smart’s case I think its a good decision for him. Personally I would have left because if I wanted to get better I would do it in the League, not playing against 2-3 zones and full court presses teaching things that don’t translate. Its like if medical schools trained using pigs and twine to mimic surgeries and when you graduate you still have to learn how to do surgeries on people with lasers. If you really wanted to get better why not take some of the 3 million dollars you get as a top 5 pick and hire a few fired basketball coaches to be your entourage. Hang out with Bruce Pearl for confidence and energy and to mimic the toughness and physicality of the NBA train with Mike Rice, plus the NBA is going to fire about 5 or 6 guys, grab a few of them plus Mike Brown. Spent a million on training and have a few travel with you personally and break down tape. You’re still 2 million+ up a year closer to free agency. Of course I’m kidding but last year at UNC didn’t better prepare Harrison Barnes for the NBA this year as much as playing in the shortened NBA season would have. Sullinger would have had a guaranteed contract a year earlier and access to a great medical staff a year earlier. Just like Noel, I would rather have James Andrews messing with my knee than some Kentucky medical staff guys.

    I think its weird that the most physically ready for his position, player in the lottery is staying. He needs a better jumper but a NBA hooting coach would be better at that than a grad assistant who is a future Geek Squad worker at Best Buy.

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    1. I am going with Steven Adams, I realy feel that he needs more time to develop and being an athletic 7ft C he will always be in demand.

    2. I agree with James McAdoo he needs to play another season and realise more of that potential.

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  • #763910
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    Evan_Milberg
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    After Kentucky’s disappointing season (in which pretty much every high profile recruit underperformed), I think Poythress and Cauley-Stein made smart decisions by returning. Cauley-Stein is uber athletic but still very raw, and Poythress has a lot of developing to do as well. Kind of reminds me of when Terrence Jones decided to stay and then left the next year a lot better.

    I also like Smart and McAdoo’s decisions. I don’t think guys like Wiggins, Parker, Vonleh, and Randle hurt Smart’s ability to land in the top 5 next year if he continues to develop his PG skills.

    As far as guys who made mistakes, Adonis Thomas is an obvious one. I’m kind of on the fence about BJ Young. I personally think Young could use another year, but in a draft like this, I could see a team reaching for him. Same goes for Steven Adams. Teams always need centers, so he’ll be a first rounder, but he could really use another year at Pitt.

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  • #763913
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    fcb206
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    I don’t really think Smart will suffer all that much, but there is something to be said for leaving when your stock is highest. This is a weak draft, and as much as he could use some polish as a shooter and floor general, on the flipside it gives teams and scouts another year to nitpick his game, and next years draft projects to be really stacked. He probably wont get picked any higher than he would if he left now.

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  • #763915
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    Afactor4
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    I’m sorry but I laughed quite hard when I saw a thread called “best and worst draft decisions” made a user named “FireKahn”.

    But yeah I’m a bit mixed on McAdoo’s position. He DEFINITELY needs to stay in school and work on his game, but It’s still a hell of a risk. Right now, McAdoo could probably fall into the mid-end of the first round, possibly even work his way up to the lottery with good workouts.

    What if McAdoo comes back as the same player next season and continues to defer “taking over” responsibilility to his teammates. A stronger, wing-heavy draft class and no real improvement could see him fall into the second round next year.

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    • #763919
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      GlenTaylorSucks
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      Glad you got a chuckle out of that. I think the only good decisions he made were lucking into Rubio, and lucking into D-Will (even though they really should have traded down to get someone like Klay Thompson). Other than that…yeah.

      I dunno. I go to UNC, and got a chance to watch McAdoo a lot. There’s virtually no way he would have worked himself into the lotto, even on this down year. He’s way too much of a finesse player for someone with his size and athletic ability, he takes crappy shots, turns the ball over a lot, and disappears a lot. He’s also too weak to play with NBA PFs, and not quick enough to guard NBA SFs. He honestly reminds me a lot of a poor man’s Derrick Williams. He definitely needed more time in school to develop those aspects of his game

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