CBS Reporting Trey Burke To NBA [Disputed]

and Im sure many of you will..I feel let down...Id  like to think there were people out there that WANTED to win for  Michigan..take our rebuilding process to the next level...Jordan Kovacs type kid if you will..Alas for Trey Burke it was just a means to a end..nothing more nothing less..HUGE mistake in my opinion ...theres alot more I could say but if true and hes gone all I can say is what a shame....

20-35 seems like an awfully optimistic projection considering I haven't seen a single mock draft that has Burke in the first round.  At least Morris actually showed up on some mocks as a first rounder, even if he did eventually fall into the middle of the second round.

20-35 seems like an awfully optimistic projection considering I haven't seen a single mock draft that has Burke in the first round.  At least Morris actually showed up on some mocks as a first rounder, even if he did eventually fall into the middle of the second round.

The lakers still need a pg...

Good luck, Mr. Burke; I hope you prove everyone wrong.  Thanks for playing for Michigan.

I realize it's a small sample, but with Morris and Burke both choosing to leave based on meager to average draft prospects, can we really only expect one good year from those guys before they bolt to the NBA? It wouldn't be a problem if we were Kentucky or Duke, and we could just reload instead of rebuild, but we're not at that point yet. The program is certainly on the rise, so I'd say we expect to get there eventually, but how long will that take?

We gotta positive u guys. Look at it this way; this will spark our interest in the NBDL and whatever team Mr. Burke starts his career out with. I wish him the best but I'm selfish too. Go Blue

Can't stop a kid from making paper. It's his choice - as poor as it may seem. Best of luck to him.

So the silver lining is that without a guy to distribute to our the other peeps, perhaps we won't see GRIII or McGary leave cause we'll be crappy. Maybe the 13-14 season will be our year?

Wasn't Burke not supposed to get his evaluation info until the 6th?

I don't see how Burke even gets drafted, how many kids gets a 25-30 evaluation?

Is this announcement set in stone?I hope Trey stays but if he goes pro best of luck to him.

Seriously, he is not ready and I doubt will develop much more in the NBA. He is absolutely not going in the first round, and will be lucky to see the d-league. Morris needed another year too.

Whoever is giving him these grades is a fucking fool.

Sacrificing long term financial wealth for short term gain imo.

he can share an apartment with D. Morris, D. Warren, and E. Shazor.

See how those who think Trey's making a good decision here are basing on his NBA draft evaluation of 20-35 I think a bet is in order.  Here's what I propose:

Burke selected from 1-19 - I pay $1,000

Burke selected from 20-24 - I pay $500

Burke selected from 25-30 - I pay $100

So if you think Burke is getting solid advice you cannot lose!  But in that miniscule chance that maybe...just maybe he's not here's what I would get if he is not:

Burke selected from 31-35 - I get $100 

Burke selected from 36-40 - I get $500

Burke selected 41 or higher I get $1,000

Any takers?

...and gone undrafted?

I can only think of Scotty Hopson. Who am I missing?

You sir seem like the kind of  man up for a sporting proposition such as the one I have suggested........

We sound like sour grapes cry babies.

If the kid wants to leave, wish him well and call it a day.

We have three top 100 recruits coming in, and a great coach, I am sure we can work this out to our advantage.

Going to leave how I really feel to myself and just say, Good Luck Trey.  Thanks for the season.

A draft grade of 20-35 really means 20-undrafted.  I really wonder who is giving Burke true, honest advice.  I'd bet it's nobody really.

The Daily is retweeting alleged pictures of Trey Burke's dorm room, bags packed. FWIW. 

The possibility of making lots of money right now is the biggest one, but maybe it's not that simple—he also might dislike being in school, or he might dislike playing for Beilein. Going to college isn't everybody's cup of tea.

Mgrowold tried an analogy, so I'll try one too (but mine has a '68 camaro and chicks in it).

When my brother was a freshman in college, he bought a '68 camaro RS convertible and a few weeks later made plans to drive to Florida with friends, another guy and two girls over a break. He desperately wanted a 4-speed instead of the 3-speed transmission the car came with, so he bought another transmission and changed it out the day before he left.  My father told him not to do it...To wait. and if he had to have the 4-speed for the trip, put it in the car, but wait for another time to drive to Florida when he had an opportunity to make sure everything was going all right.  Welll the other guy backed out, so my brother was left with the decision to head to Florida right then with two chicks in his 4-speed ragtop camaro, or wait, perhaps another year.  Like most teenage boys, he left (maybe like Don's scenario, he was getting away from "the coach," too).

 Needless to say, somewhere in Georgia, the transmission got stuck in second gear.  By the time he got to Florida, he could only drive in reverse.  He ended up having to sell the car in northern Florida for far less than it was worth.  The two girls took a bus back to Michigan.  He ended up in south Florida for several months.  He had a blast with numerous other girls, spent several months in Florida, of course flunked out of college.  He did have his dream trip to Florida (of sorts), but it only lasted a few months and then it was just fond memories (and a few not so fond).  So, Trey, stay until next year and work on that transmission until you get it humming.  Then take your dream trip to the NBA.  Oh what the hell do I know.  Maybe just leave now and have a blast while you can.

Best of luck to him if he can get drafted. If not, hopefully a team will pick him up and  he will develop.

It's tough to keep kids in school, especially with the potential for a well paying job. Though, if he would stay and does well next season, he may be a first rounder next year. I wonder if he realizes how much money he may be losing?

I'm not saying "he should have gone" because the only thing that will determine that is how he fares.

But the idea that he's underdeveloped is a bit much, in my opinion. He was, arguably, the most productive PG in the nation from a statistical standpoint, and was definitely the most productive of guys that might be in this draft. This draft is EXTREMELY thin in Point Guards. I realize Austin Rivers is a pro SG, but he played point at Duke, so here is Burke compared to his cohort in this class, using tempo-free stats to even out playing time:

Trey Burke: 105.3 ORtg, 53.8% TS%, 28.7 Arate, 18.6 TOrate, 30.6 FTrate

Austin Rivers: 104.7 ORtg, 53.8% TS%, 13.0 Arate, 17 TOrate, 45.8 FTrate (Burke was as good a shooter, a much better facilitator, equivalent risky with the ball, not as good at getting to the line)

Tony Wroten: 95.5 ORtg, 48.8% TS%, 24.5 Arate, 21.7 TOrate, 59.1% FTrate (Burke is superior at everything other than getting to the line)

Marquis Teague: 99.4 ORtg. 49.1% TS%, 25.5 Arate, 23.7 TOrate, 33.8 FT rate (Burke is superior in everything other that getting to the line, where he is nearly equal)

Tyshawn Taylor: 104.2 ORtg, 56.9% TS%, 29.7 Arate, 22.6 TOrate, 42 FTrate (Taylor grades out as slightly better in everything other than turnovers, but his usage was sufficiently smaller for Burke to provide more value - hence the higher ORtg)

From a standpoint of PRODUCTION, Burke is arguably the best PG in the draft.