University of Kentucky

[Tank]

they're losing their top 7 players to the NBA draft this june. let the rebuild begin!

 

also, okafors from duke is going into the draft.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Tank

[Angel Oracle]

I'm surprised when Kentucky has even a sophomore getting big minutes.

The Harrisons and Cauley-Stein are an aberration.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Brandon]

I think you mean recycle.

They already have three of the top players coming in next year with more to come.

Calipari runs a factory.

[red321]

And most of them won't be heard of again after going in the second round and then playing d-league ball for awhile. Someone should be shaking these kids and slapping them in the face. How many drafted NBA players make it a year? Stick around, get your college education paid for.

[Blarg]

It appears, Red, that they are not intelligent enough to stay in college.

[Lou]

Four are locks to go in the 1st round - most likely in the top 20 picks. The 20th draf pick (could be 5 - Dakari Johnson may go in the 1st, also. The 20th pick will make roughly $3.8 Million for 2 years.

The last pick in the 1st round gets almost $2.9 for the 3 years.

If they really want to go to college, they can afford it

[Vegas Halo Fan]

And most of them won't be heard of again after going in the second round and then playing d-league ball for awhile. Someone should be shaking these kids and slapping them in the face. How many drafted NBA players make it a year? Stick around, get your college education paid for.

 

Right before Florida started their two-year championship run, they had a player named Matt Walsh. Someone convinced Walsh that he was ready for the NBA. When I saw him play, my impression was that he was a marginal college player. The 2005 NBA Draft came, and Walsh went undrafted.

 

The Cautionary Tale of Matt Walsh

[Lou]

all he needed was a mirror

[stevestevens]

Four are locks to go in the 1st round - most likely in the top 20 picks. The 20th draf pick (could be 5 - Dakari Johnson may go in the 1st, also. The 20th pick will make roughly $3.8 Million for 2 years.

The last pick in the 1st round gets almost $2.9 for the 3 years.

If they really want to go to college, they can afford it

Over under on how many years they take to burn through that?

[Lou]

Over under on how many years they take to burn through that?

11

combined

[Lou]

then again, how many of them would really benefit from another year or 2 of a college education (basketball player education)

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The NBA either needs to develop a farm system, or not draft college players until they have finished either two or three years in a college program. This "one-and-done" business is nuts. The quality of college basketball is down considerably because the NBA is always poaching the best players after a year or two and college teams are continually rebuilding. Another point that was brought up on sports radio here today is that with the McDonald's All American games, AAU tournaments and so forth, there is a stigma being attached to some of the top players if they aren't one-and-done.

[Angel Oracle]

What would truly happen if the baseball formula was used (either drafted out of HS or after their 3rd college year)?