This year is least I've been up for the start of basketball season since I can remember, and this is part of the reason why. Knowing that Duke should be pretty damn good as well being the other part.
Sorry bro, had a basketball game last night for my league and got home just in time to catch the massive failure of a second half then went right to bed. I don't think anyone really had high expectations of this season for us but man that was bad.
Just a down year sadly, if our players can get some good experience and improve this year and we lose no one to the draft we could very easily win the national championship next year. Next year is supposedly the best recruiting class ever at Syracuse.
It's the ACC curse. Every school that joins immediately goes on a downward trend after their first season. I was hoping 'Cuse and Louisville would prove themselves immune.
Just a coincidence I think, we all knew it was coming for a couple years now. Honestly we shouldn't have even been as good as we were last year. Tyler Ennis is a moron for declaring for the draft.
That's the thing, "striking while the iron is hot" really doesn't work if you just lack the raw talent. Most of the kids you watch, it's pretty damn obvious who can make it in the NBA and who can't and that's just coming from the perspective of a fan, rather than an NBA scout. If you have the obvious talent you will make it in the NBA after one year but it doesn't always work that way. Look at someone like Stephen Curry, he stayed 3 years and now is one of the best players in the league. What's it matter if you're drafted high but then instantly go to some d-league team where you fail? You're better off getting your degree and developing your game.
At least they get that rookie contract. Sure it's not the really big money, but it's more than they might end up with otherwise. I never really bought into the notion that live games against college caliber competition was any better at developing players than practicing against pros is. The guys who are capable of making it will make it. If they're inclined to get a degree in the first place, they'll go back for it either way.
The stats backed this up too. Sounds similar to what happened with Jonny Flynn and that UConn game that went to 4OT or whatever.
I think it boils down to two different type of players, you have the super stars that are going to lead their team and command the massive salaries. These are the people who usually stay 1-2 years, like Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, etc. But for the rest of the players in the league, 4 years at school will help them develop well. Look at Fab Melo, sure the kid was a moron in school and couldn't pass his classes, but he's definitely someone who would have benefited from staying 2 more years. He improved greatly from year 1->2 and would have only got better with more time, instead he forgoes his two years, goes to the NBA, gets drafted 22nd, instantly to D-League then left D-League to play in Brazil.
Ennis at a bare minimum is going to make 3 million dollars. And it's probably with 99% certainty unless he gets in trouble with the law or something that number jumps to 7 million as all teams pick up rookie deal options. You can't blame someone for leaving for that.
No I really can't, you're right. I had no idea he was going to make that kind of money as I really do not follow the NBA. That's insane.
