DJ Wilson goes #17 overall to Milwaukee
Wow, good for him. I didn't think he'd go that high, but can't argue that he made the right decision now.
Hopefully all the haters are tucked in and sound asleep.
He absolutely made the right decision. Because it was HIS decision and he's living a dream.
IDK if I count as a "hater" but I wish DJ came back. With Wilson UofM would have had a chance at a national title. My favorite UofM players are the ones who come back when they know they could play profesionally. So I'm not mad at Wilson, or think he made the wrong decision, but I wish his love for Michigan was more than his love to get to the NBA.
Maybe Beilein will finally decide to recruit the top players ? Seeing Kennard and Leaf get drafted high hurt tongiht. Beilein identified them first, and fell out of the race once the schools willing to do whatever it takes got involved.
Beilein did recruit Kennard and Leaf. We aren't winning that battle over blueboods UK/UCLA. We need to let that dream go.
he idenified and recruited both TJ Leaf and Luke Kennard hard. Both were high on Michigan. I believe both had an official visit to Ann Arbor.
It wasn't the right decision because it was "his decision". It was the right decision because he went in the first round. If he had gone in the 2nd round, it would have been a terrible decision.
The NBA draft is a super-binary outcome. If you leave school early and don't go in the first round, you completely f***ed up, plain and simple.
DJ obviously got honest assesments from the NBA scouts that he was 1st round material and made the right choice to go. Anyone that is 1st round material should probably go, unless they are ticketed for super late in the 1st round and could move themselves up into the lottery with one more season.
Not just a high pick and good money, but fun team and great fit for him. College kids gotta leave sometime. It's a shame to hate on them for making a decision for themselves and their family. Congrats DJ!
Love the fit...athletes everywhere.
Congratulations to DJ! While I'm sure many of us would have preferred he stayed, DJ is another example of what Coach B can do for players. Go Blue and be merry!
Both for his sake and for Michigan's, I hope he succeeds. Beilein has done an amazing job putting kids into the 1st round of the draft. Now we need some guys to actually succeed as pros. I know we aren't going to be the program consistently putting MVP candidates into the league, but some solid NBA regulars would be nice, instead of mostly bench fodder.
6 in 5 years is a-OK.
I agree. Read my post not as a complaint, but as a wish for better things.
My response was in agreement. We need to capitalize on this, yes, but it's great to see that these kids are valued at the next level.
Agreed. THJ is the only one doing anything, right?
Caris came on strong at the end of last year. And Nik is slowly finding his game.
Caris has found his footing after missing the beginning of the season. He'll be one of the better SG in the league. I think he'll be the best pro out of all of the JB players in the NBA.
It really isnt Beileins fault whether a kid becomes an all star or not in the NBA
Do you give credit to Coach Boheim for Carmelo Anthony being a superstar? no
Do you give Texas's coach credit for Durant being an all star? no
Do you give Coach Calipari credit for all those Kentucky and Memphis kids being all stars? Hell no
Basically its the coaches who get the 5 stars also get the NBA all stars. It has very little to do with college coaches coaching their players up to succeed in the NBA. The kids like Anthony Davis, Derrick Rose, Carmelo Anthony, Durant, Blake Griffin, etc come into college and you can basically already see they will be future all stars. They could literally have a Dog as a coach in college and these guys who still end up All Stars in the NBA
You COULD blame Beilein for not getting more 5 stars to come to Michigan which would equate to more NBA all stars because his recruiting of high level talent is complete shit relative to how much NBA talent he produces and how exiciting Michigan teams have been under him
I don't think you read my comment.
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and also the biggest reason it's surprising that we don't recruit better. Beilien gets 3 and low 4 stars drafted in the first round even though they're still barely NBA players, at best. No coach makes guys look better in college, thus getting more draft value out of players than Beilein.
That's fair. I do think GRIII and THJ have swung the balance back toward the positive. My view is possibly unduly swayed by the (relatively) poor performances by the highest regarded guys -- Burke, Stauskas, and McGary.
I am surprised at the downvotes for what I assumed would be a fairly noncontroversial comment. We think that high school QB's should look at Harbaugh's record and find his coaching history attractive, and that this should be a recruiting advantage for us. Is it crazy to think that high school basketball players aren't looking at Michigan's NBA players and thinking, "Maybe Beilein can get me drafted, but I'll end up being a role player, or washing out. I'd rather player for a guy who has a record of producing NBA starters."
That perspective may not be fair or accurate. But it doesn't matter if it's fair or accurate. If high school recruits believe it, it will affect Beilein's ability to recruit.
[I think it works the other way, too. I think Beilein has probably pulled some mid-tier guys that he wanted because he has a history of developing similar players into NBA prospects.]
You really can't compare football and basketball recruiting given that even the best prospects have to stay in school at least three years. The recruiting landscape is completely different. I'd also question how much any individual coach can influence a basketball player's NBA ceiling either, although that's a longer discussion. Beilein isn't going to ever consistently pull in the elite one-and-done level prospects for reasons that are mostly out of his control.
Sweet! Awesome landing spot for DJ. Might get some playoff experience in his rookie season!
The Bucks really need a big time shooter now.
Although I was pissed he left he clearly made an amazing choice if he went 17. And not just #17 but to a young team where he'll get playing time instead of a team in the late part of the draft where he'd ride the bench more
Now if only Beilein could translate all of this NBA talent he has produced into some 5 star recruits committing to Michigan
already plays PG for the Bucks. He pretty much bring the ball up and distribute the ball to his teammates in the last season and half.
Now what was that a lot of people on here were saying about how it was such a bad decision? Never would be a top 10 pick so this is as good as he would get within a few picks.
It was a defensible position for him to leave early and it was defensible to argue he should have stayed. I'm very happy he got drafted where he did, but there's a world not too different than our own where he slips into the second round because of any number of issues (measurables a bit lower than expected, his pre-combine injury limiting workouts, questions about size/durability crop up, teams needs change, etc.). Again, very happy Wilson got drafted where he did, but going #17 was higher than even most optimists would have expected even a couple weeks ago.
after the combine with information far superior than what we had. The measurables were done, it clearly didn't matter that he didn't do workouts (which are stupid anyway), all of these what-ifs were in the rearview mirror. If any of those things had been a problem he wouldn't have gotten such positive feedback at the combine and he would have come back.
He said he would only go if he was a first rounder, and when he stayed in the draft, somehow some people around here thought they knew better than him that there was a chance he'd fall into the second round. Like Brian said today, there was zero chance of that happening. It was indefensible to argue that he should have come back when he made his decision.
I'll cop to thinking he might have taken a risk declaring for the draft, but he listened to the right people (and they were truthful about his chances of going early), and he's been rewarded. Good luck to him, and glad he continues Michigan's infiltration of the NBA.
Holy shit! Good for him!
That said, damn! I was hoping the Lakers could get him.