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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2811159, member: 1026"] It is hard right when a guy like DHam has the talent and opportunity to absolutely hit the jackpot and he decides to go a different route. But almost anyone else making this type of life decision we wouldn't bat an eye and probably would support it. I.e. Someone has the chance to enter some sort of super prestigious training program but its only a 50-50 shot and requires an additional year of non-income training or school. Instead this someone takes a good job earning money and thinks long-term that its best for his/her career development and that if they work hard the sure thing job route has less downside and could have the same upside. The early NBA draft slots are rightfully called the lottery, but sometimes even if you are good enough you don't win the lottery. Making a reasoned long-term, development oriented decision is applauded in almost every other situation. I often come out on the stay in school side especially when I think guys have opportunity to learn to dominate at the college level and are relative locks to move up in the draft. But I think the world is changing, kids are more mature after even a year of college (Jason Tatum a great example), the NBA is getting better at developing younger players (& not putting them into sink or swim spots) and college basketball simply isn't as good as it was 10+ years ago in a circular logic way. [/QUOTE]