OT: Terrance Ferguson not enrolling at Arizona

[CardiacAndre7]

Taking the Mudiay route

 

[BUConn10]

Another Prime Prep guy

 

[80shusky]

During the NBA draft when so many solid (maybe not NBA) college players sat while so many foreign players got drafted I was thinking that one and done players might be better served to go play overseas, and get paid, and then declare for the draft. I think we could see many more almost NBA ready players take this route.

 

[Gringo]

During the NBA draft when so many solid (maybe not NBA) college players sat while so many foreign players got drafted I was thinking that one and done players might be better served to go play overseas, and get paid, and then declare for the draft. I think we could see many more almost NBA ready players take this route.

I think what makes some of the foreign players attractive to NBA teams is the fact they can stash them for multiple years in Europe without taking up cap space. For a true one and done it doesn't matter if you're in Europe or playing college ball you will get drafted in the first round.

But if you're a solid college player and willing to spend a couple years overseas then maybe it makes sense. Those guys typically take less money to play in D-League to try and make the NBA though.

 

[BUConn10]

The foreign player popularity is more a function of financial flexibility for the team as opposed to talent preference like Gringo pointed out but you are rigt, it should increase in popularity. I mean, how many guys will go to UK to play for Cal before it just becomes old, like why not do something unique and be an individual.

 

[Fishy]

This isn't going to be a trend.

A kid read the tea leaves and came to the conclusion that he wasn't going to be declared eligible and he bailed.

He's not really even a one and done candidate and he's not heading into a circumstance where he would make the kind of money that Mudiay did - he's making the best of a bad situation.