Emmanuel Mudiay leaving SMU
5 star recruit Emmanuel Mudiay is leaving SMU to play overseas per Garry Parrish. Michigan is scheduled to play SMU in December.
I've never heard of this person.
He's good at the shooty-hoops.
How soon can we get this guy out of here?
He was Larry Brown's top recruit. Chose them over Kentucky and will be a lottery pick in 2015. Huge loss for them.
Going the Brandon Jennings route? Good luck...
He should have asked Brandon Jennings about his Europoe-instead-of-college experience before making this move.
to qualify.
You mean that guy...
Here's the CBS story - LINK
According to this, he will go pro overseas and forgo college altogether - but not for academic reasons, as someone mentioned above. Here's the quote from Mudiay himself:
"I was excited about going to SMU and playing college basketball for coach [Larry] Brown and his staff and preparing for the NBA, but I was tired of seeing my mom struggle. And after sitting down with coach Brown and my family, we decided that the best way for me to provide for my mom was to forgo college and pursue professional basketball opportunities."
Remembering this kid's footage, that's a blow to SMU indeed - he was a huge get for Larry Brown.
He's going to play one year of something-ball before going pro. He can either a) go to SMU, hope to make the sweet 16 and not make a cent (unless bagmen, boosters, etc) or b) play abroad and make some money for his family
I say go get paid young man
He may make a few hundred thousand playing overseas, but, color me old-fashioned, I think being coached by one of the greatest basketball minds ever would be far more valuable to him. A year with Larry Brown could net him millions more in the long-term and at least a few hundred thousand in the short term.
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is this a sarcastic post? Subtle trolling? It has to be.
Forgot to tell you that I sold the rights to my YpsiTuckyBoy account to Mark Emmert for the day.
This is unlikely. Pro coaches overseas aren't exactly scrubs. And let's say he makes $1MM even in his one year overseas. In order for college to net him a few hundred thousand in the short term (let's say first 3 years in the NBA) then he would have to make $500k more per year after coming from college than coming from Europe. Unless Mudiay was going to be a top-3 pick (unlikely but possible) that would mean college would have to be worth about 5 spots on the draft board. I doubt that's likely. If I were him (meaning my family was poor now) I would take the first million in a heart beat and worry about the other millions later.
Mudiay is projected to be the #1 pick currently. So really it's whether you think him going to Europe for a year would drop him out of the #1 spot.
Not all sites, obviously, but I just googled "2015 NBA Mock Draft" and it seems pretty split between Okafor and Mudiay. Granted, it's normally difficult for a guard to go first since everyone wants giant and athletic forwards more than anything, so we'll see. Either way, he needs to find a team where he can play and not be some benchwarmer who's still trying to learn the game.
I completely agree with the first half of your post. But I don't think there will be a noticeable difference in talent in Europe compared to high-level NCAA basketball. Sure, they will be older for the most part (though not necessarily by a lot). But the overall talent level is about the same as the NCAA. The worst guys in Europe will be a little better, but the best won't be as good. For example, if Michigan played a pro team in Italy, it would be a good game.
If finances were an issue, why didn't he just pick Kentucky?
The thread is over
Eh, I don't hate it, but those jokes are low hanging fruit at this point. Every topic about players and money has a "He should have gone to Alabama/Kentucky" joke in it.
but I thought the above was particularly well delivered
....or maybe I just have a very simple sense of humor
SI also states there were concerns over potential NCAA amateurism rules violations as well as questions about him qualifying academically. Either way, I wish Mudiay the best of luck. Kid has a lot of talent.
Good luck.
My bad. How dare I wish some kid good luck that has made some mistakes. I'll clean my act up. :)
he also escaped war-torn Congo before settling in the United States with his family, so maybe wish him good luck for that?
Wouldnt that be more of a congratulations?
Some are born to endless night.
It hurts to set you free...
Unlike Mudiay, the only talent you have is being an asshole on a message board
At what, exactly, did he fail? Unless you have evidence we don't have, all accounts show he was academically eligible. It sounds like this is simply a money issue, and as someone who has made career decisions for money, I don't see any problem with that.
1. Are you sure he wasn't going to qualify?
2. Even if he wasn't going to qualify, he survived being born in the Congo (read about that civil war if you ever want to doubt the fate of humanity) and is now capable of pulling his family out of poverty. That's good, right?
complain about a person getting paid for doing something they're good at in a country where Matt Millen can still make a living evaluating football teams, players and coaches. And even then, he has to leave our country to cash in.
this kid did or you would have had the same decisions to make. I really don't know if the kid fucked off in school, but judging by his background I think I'm on firm ground in stating his plan was to gain exposure at what he would be doing professionally and he's just getting an early start. Sounds like the reason we all went to college. Have no idea what your major was but if, say at the sophomore level, you had proven yourself to be extremely marketeable in this field and the headhunters were offering you big bucks to drop school and start your career earlier than most and as a bonus offered to pay off your student loans, a nice signing bonus and a six figure salary to start with. Inasmuch as they only offered you based on what you did in your chosen field of endeavor and didn't care that you were almost flunking all of your other classes, sounds to me like the decision would not be a real difficult one. College is as much about networking as it is giving total concentration to your major, so wish him well.
As to the poster who stated he could have learned a tremendous amount from Larry Brown, I can't even imagine this would be a point of contention in making such a decision. The kid will be taught.
is something no prized SEC recruit ever has to say.
And it's ironic that it's a player at SMU -- which, "back in the day," used to take care of its prized recruits, before they (allegedly) used to take care of hookers (allegedly).
Doing my math -- from this, I conclude that SMU is now clean. Phew, the NCAA can call off those dogs now, huh.
well that game just got easier.