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I thought the one team that would be likely to take Mitch in the first round would be the heat. The team will allow him to develop and work his way back, and they can take a high risk/reward type player with the collection of talent on the team.

When listening to WTKA this morning as they were discussing GR3, my instant thought was that if he could land on a team with a great coach like the Spurs, he could really learn what he needs to learn to have a long productive career.

He needs to land somewhere that knows how to take advantage of his particular set of skills.

he's blocked there by Kawhi Leonard.  Think he'd be better off with a team like the Clippers who offer him a chance to develop, but where he isn't blocked.

Guys like Chad Ford are well-connected and their predictive power gets better as the early entries clarify, things begin to settle, and they start getting real feedback from real GMs and scouts.  

This is a huge jump for McGary.  I guess the question is, how well-connected is this Chris Mannix dude?

to make his final decision.  Early entry deadline is April 27th this year.

and because performance/alleviating health concerns will push him up to.

cause if his back goes out again, he's done. No NBA team would draft him.

is a bit weaker overall, but the depth of big men in that draft is much better than this year's, especially after Cauley-Stein and Harrell both returned to school.  Positionally, he might be higher as a PF or C in this year's draft.  

According to this, Beilein was asked about health being a consideration for McGary - HERE

He indicated that it likely would not be, and according to this piece, Mitch is progressing well enough if folks are to be believed, although this article mentions him as a 2nd round pick potentially. Some sites would agree, others don't - forunately, they are mock drafts, right?

In any case, as of yesterday, Mitch's dad was only saying that he is "back and forth" on the issue of declaring and has not really made any decision either way. Brendan Quinn does bring up something I'd rather forgotten about though:

Having lost the majority of his sophomore campaign to injury, McGary is eligible for a medical redshirt to retain his lost year of eligibility. While most assume it's a foregone conclusion that McGary will not spend four years at Michigan, a redshirt would serve as a logical contingency plan should he return to school.

Higher than Wiggins and Embiid?

He can learn from Juwan Howard.

to random speculation on a blog?

Yeah I heard that too and it definitely didn't sound very promising.  Caris also left Mitch out when talking about who the leaders of the team would be next year.  It is entirely possible they are not mentioning him out of respect until he completes the decision making process but my personal feelings about Mitch returning have shifted.

They couldn't be more different other than being black and having great leading ability.

Ahhh, if Mitch comes back, Dakich won't have Mitch to celebrate with on the bench either.  Unless, Mitch runs to the sideline after every three.  Not sure JB would appreciate that.

If Mitch goes pro then Dakich may have to be our back up 4/5