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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 3 weeks 6 hours ago | I didn't know he was raised |
I didn't know he was raised by a single mom. No wonder we stole him from EMU! |
| 4 weeks 12 hours ago | Man, Vijan's site feels like |
Man, Vijan's site feels like an abandoned warehouse. |
| 4 weeks 2 days ago | I still remember Beilein |
I still remember Beilein letting Reed Baker transfer to Florida Gulf Coast just months before we played them. So brave. |
| 4 weeks 6 days ago |
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| 6 weeks 12 hours ago | Is he? I haven't seen his |
Is he? I haven't seen his tape. Given the precise timing that his recruitment began and especially ended, I assume he was seen as at least a tweener by Beilein. If he was being hastily recruited as a SG immediately after the Burke scare, I am confused for different reasons now. |
| 6 weeks 13 hours ago | I don't get it. |
You just lost 2.5 PGs. You almost lost your starting PG. A week ago, this team was staring at a top 10 team in terms of talent, almost literally without a point guard--ie a top 30 team. And now, after nearly going from 3 or 4 to 0, Beilein thinks Michigan is set with 2-a true freshman and a true sophomore? Again, I don't get it. |
| 6 weeks 5 days ago | This team needs another 1 or |
This team needs another 1 or 2 PGs whether Burke leaves or not. Plus, a pass-first PG might be an even better pairing for Hardaway. I only see upside! |
| 6 weeks 6 days ago | 1. Trey Burke is a legitimate |
1. Trey Burke is a legitimate draft prospect. He's probably in the top 60 one year removed from high school. For people like him, a life strategy of making money playing basketball is absolutely a good idea and I don't understand how you can dispute that. It's just a matter of how he plays his cards. 2. His draftability isn't going anywhere. At most, 1% of players would hurt their draft stock by staying in school another year. At least 50% would improve it. This is why a true freshman projected in the late 1st/early 2nd should stay. A 1st round contract is that important. |
| 6 weeks 6 days ago | I agree with most of |
I agree with most of this. Most top college players aren't there to cash in on their degree. They're there to cash in on the NBA. Which is why it's so infuriating to see them blow millions in projected earnings on a gamble that they will be picked 20th and not 35th* when next year they will solidify their draft positioning. And it's not just that. If you are picked low, you get fewer minutes and are cut more quickly, and are less likely to ride your rookie contract's coattails into a re-up. Most college players want to play professionally and set themselves up for life. All college players want that to happen in the NBA. * or, you know, not picked in that range at all because the NBA draft evaluators have only been wrong when it comes to Michigan guards in the last 3 years |
| 6 weeks 6 days ago | If he had pushed himself into |
If he had pushed himself into the first round with another year (a virtual lock IMO), he would get a guaranteed 3-year ~$3 million+ contract. He lost at least $1.5 million leaving a year early. I think his ceiling would have been in the top 15, so it's probably more like $2.5 million he lost, just for the chance to let the NBA chew him up and spit him out a year too early. |
