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Baylor brings back 2023 Draft pick

So basically, if you haven't completed your 4 years and have not signed an NBA contract, and you are within the window, you can just come back to college? This is insane.
 
I wonder where college sports would be if the NCAA had just allowed athletes to sign endorsements and profit off of their name/celebrity like everyone with common sense asked them to do 30-40 years ago.
 
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I also can't believe these guys aren't embarrassed to walk back into a locker room after 3 years and being mid 20s, failed NBA prospects, but trying their hand at college ball again.

I can't imagine the frosh/soph aren't ripping on them behind their backs. That doesn't have to be a defining decision maker, but it's something I've thought about.
 
aceboon said:
I'm using the examples we have right now and these guys aren't good. I don't believe Naija played in the GLeague but did play in the NBA Summer League and he isn't doing much of anything for Baylor and they aren't winning games with him. Santa Clara signed Thierry Darlan from the GLeauge, I watched Santa Clara vs Gonzaga a couple of weeks ago and he was arguably the worst rotation player on the court. Louisville signed former GLeague player London Johnson with the plan to play the 2nd semester and he was performing so poorly in practice that the head coach decided to redshirt him. BYU signed GLeague player Abdullah Ahmed and he's just a warm body, you can find all these types from the HS ranks or Juco looking to move up. Here are their stats except Johnson since he hasn't played.

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I'd take this guy.

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navery12 said:
Hopefully this opens the door to what I've long wanted for college basketball, playing in college while an NBA team has your rights
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Larry Bird was drafted 6th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 1978 NBA Draft, but famously stayed in college at Indiana State for another year, leading the Celtics to use a loophole to retain his rights until he signed a record-setting rookie deal in 1979, changing draft eligibility rules forever.
 
Mr. French said:
I also can't believe these guys aren't embarrassed to walk back into a locker room after 3 years and being mid 20s, failed NBA prospects, but trying their hand at college ball again.

I can't imagine the frosh/soph aren't ripping on them behind their backs. That doesn't have to be a defining decision maker, but it's something I've thought about.
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They don’t care, it’s officially minor league sports now, everyone is getting paid, people thought NIL would lead to resentment in locker rooms when one guy is being paid way more than his teammates, these guys all understand the market.
 
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We should be reaching out to Jackson to see if he would potentially come back. Great fit with a big like Reibe, and does all those small things that contribute to winning. Demary/Ball/Reibe and a transfer could handle the scoring roles.
 
Huskyforlife said:
We should be reaching out to Jackson to see if he would potentially come back. Great fit with a big like Reibe, and does all those small things that contribute to winning. Demary/Ball/Reibe and a transfer could handle the scoring roles.
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you gotta be trolling
 
navery12 said:
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That’s what I mean.

Sometimes I have a dream I go back to college and I’m on the team but I’m my age now.

No shame for these 35 year olds who stopped going to school 3 years ago
 
Huskyforlife said:
We should be reaching out to Jackson to see if he would potentially come back. Great fit with a big like Reibe, and does all those small things that contribute to winning. Demary/Ball/Reibe and a transfer could handle the scoring roles.
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We could also use Hawkins shooting and college might be a good place for him to find his stroke again. I also think Drummond's deal is up after this NBA season.
 
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aceboon said:
I wonder where college sports would be if the NCAA had just allowed athletes to sign endorsements and profit off of their name/celebrity like everyone with common sense asked them to do 30-40 years ago.
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Not sure it would be any different. Eventually someone would sue for transfer rules to be unconstitutional, for the right to play semi-pro and return to school, same as now.
 
aceboon said:
you gotta be trolling
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We’re on the doorstep of former nba players coming back to college at this point. I’d stay ready for that reality. Nobody ever thought we’d get this far either, and people keep being exasperated when the line is pushed again, nothing will surprise me anymore. We shouldn’t be late to adjust.
 
Let's stop complaining. It is what it is. A successful business person understands that you compete in the current environment, not the one you'd prefer, like it or not.

Adapt or perish.
 
Huskyforlife said:
We’re on the doorstep of former nba players coming back to college at this point. I’d stay ready for that reality. Nobody ever thought we’d get this far either, and people keep being exasperated when the line is pushed again, nothing will surprise me anymore. We shouldn’t be late to adjust.
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A dude who is about to finish up year 3 on a standard NBA contract and a year past his eligibility window is not going back to college man. I would think/hope AJ would have some level of shame to not be trying to go back to college given the level he's at.
 
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Viet Vet said:
Let's stop complaining. It is what it is. A successful business person understands that you compete in the current environment, not the one you'd prefer, like it or not.

Adapt or perish.
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We're college basketball fans, not people in the business of college basketball (some may be, but regardless the point is on this website our "complaining" has nothing to do with adapting).
 
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