It absolutely is but I wonder if you asked Liam McNeeely who like Mullins was a 5 star recruit and is where Mullins is likely to be drafted if he comes out, if he would rather have been at UCONN or having played 30 games, started 0, has been averaging 12 minutes, 4 points in Charlotte making his 2.8 Million. I wonder if you really ask him his honest opinion what he would have preferred. If you ask me, especially with NIL and how times have changed, I'd have stuck around and tried to improve my draft stock, earned some money, maybe not 2.8Mil. I understand too how going early optimizes their earning potential but sometimes it's better to stick around. I know this is all likely a moot point as Mullins is likely going just wondering if it really is in his best interest to leave now or stick around.
Eh, idk about going if you're simply guaranteed 1st round if you're a player like Mullins. For most college guys being guaranteed 1st round means you go, but Mullins is not most players. He can easily play himself into the lottery for next year's draft if he comes back, but he's not guaranteed lottery if he goes now as we saw with McNeeley.
Bingo. I don’t think he’s ready, especially strength-wise. But neither choice is bad. He’ll do what he and his family think is best for him. Same as any other player.
I think they should go if a career is waiting for them. But cmon! Is it odd that 90% if our draftees go to charlotte? It’s a conspiracy. If he projects to go to a dumpster team I pray he stays.
You must be an expert
Watch what happens and apology accepted in advance.
Meh, we've seen more and more guys stay an extra year since NIL. And some of the smarter drafting teams – Memphis being the most obvious, as they've taken Edey, Cam and Coward in the past two drafts – are no longer prioritizing youth as much as talent + fit, irrespective of age.
Follow your dreams for sure but for some players there is a non-zero chance they could be riding a bus to play in Sioux Falls or someplace like that in the G League for the majority of their rookie year. At 19 years old doing that at a professional level with older men might not sound as appealing as still making a few million and playing one more year of college. NIL does make the decision more challenging for some, not all people.
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Is this true? I may have missed this information, but I have not heard that?
What are you even blabbing about? Only thing to apologize for is your terrible takes. But coming from someone that's admitted they don't even know how metrics work, guess I shouldn't be surprised.
You shooing him to the NBA with your eagle eye and “knowledge of metrics” is the only thing that will be deemed terrible.
Hey NBA teams, RuffRuff here is the next undiscovered jewel in NBA talent evaluation. Sign him before it's too late! He's already an expert at comparing NBA prospects from different draft classes. 😆
Do we know that wasn't the plan for Mullins? I could have sworn there was talk last year that the Mullins family wasn't in any rush and assumed he might be here for two years and then that all stopped in fall when Hurley started calling him a OAD. At least that was my perception of it.
You are talking to a deaf ear who pretends to know the game but the more he types the more you can read through the repeating of basketball articles etc.
He will certainly test the waters. Why wouldn’t he?
