[Lotto StudParticipant]

When it comes down to recruiting, many top notch programs always land the 5 & 4 Star recruits no matter what because of prestige or Head Coach. I would like to know why the guys below weren’t draftable prospects.

4-Star Russell Robinson Kansas – HS 21.0ppg 4-Star Jason Rich FSU – HS 22.0ppg 5-Star Micah Downs Kansas – HS 19.0ppg 4-Star Eric Devendorf Syracuse – HS 31.0ppg 5-Star Jon Scheyer Duke – HS 35.0ppg 5-Star Paul Harris Syracuse – HS 19.7 4-Star Chris Wright G’Town – HS 26.0ppg 5-Star LaceDarius Dunn Baylor – HS 26.6ppg 4-Star Kalin Lucas Michigan State – HS 20.0ppg

I’m not the smartest man in the world, but common sense will tell you, if a guy was rated as a 5/4 Star prospect, somewhere down the line he was viewed as a NBA caliber player by scouts and NCAA Head Coaches.

[Knicksboy42Participant]

 Sometimes guys don’t work out. There’s a difference between high school stud, college stud, and NBA stud. Some of those guys were good high school players, average NCAA players, or good NCAA players, not NBA prospects. Happens sometimes.

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

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Knicksboy pretty much explained it all.  There are always going to be busts.  Whether it be at the NCAA level or the NBA.  It’s just natural and normal.  You can’t call out coaches or talent evaluators on these things, they can’t predict the future.  They just do the best job possible in order to evaluate players correctly.

[Lotto StudParticipant]

What did the NCAA coaches see in these guys?

[Knicksboy42Participant]

 It’s more the player evaluators who rate them. 

[Lotto StudParticipant]

And which guys on the list do you consider busts?

[Mr. ChicagoParticipant]

"What did the NCAA coaches see in these guys?"

Jon Scheyer won a championship at Duke and was the point guard of that team.He played over Nolan Smith, who is a point guard,who was drafted in the 1st round. I’m sure Coach K saw a great college player, which Scheyer was.

Completely agree with Knicksboy; "There’s a difference between high school stud, college stud, and NBA stud. Some of those guys were good high school players, average NCAA players, or good NCAA players, not NBA prospects. Happens sometimes."

[mcbaileyParticipant]

 Well…it’s fairly common knowledge that sometimes college games don’t translate to the NBA. Someone might dominate in college and fail terribly in the pros. These talent evaluators aren’t always looking for pro-caliber players. Without really looking at your list of players, there are likely physical limitations that kept them from being drafted. Low ceiling potentials and so forth.

[apb540Participant]

I think all of those player had pretty decent college careers so the NCAA head coaches actually did a nice job. 

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

Is it just me, or should MemphisTyga not have as many points as he does?

[apb540Participant]

Hits and misses happen in 4000+ attempts i guess lol 

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

Well, college coaches aren’t recruiting NBA talent, they’re recruiting college talent. As a Duke fan for instance, what about Shelden Williams, who was a 5-star recruit and who is an absolute scrub in the NBA. But, he was a NDPOY and First-team All American at Duke. Did Mike Krzyzewski do a bad job evaluating his talent becauce he’s a 12th man in the league?

And how could you possibly argue that coach K missed on Jon Scheyer? He was a four year starter and National Champion and All American his senior year. I don’t think you can ask for much more than that. 

In fact, most of the players you listed had solid college careers, they just didn’t turn out to be goood NBA prospects. But why would coaches even be concerned with that when it comes to picking players they want to play for their COLLEGE teams?

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