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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 3168693, member: 1646"] I don't see anything wrong with this move. If he was going to college as a one-and-done, it would only be to better his draft status during a forced purgatory year. So he decided to make a bunch of money in New Zealand for that purgatory. It's a risk, but so is playing a year in college. I know a lot of people are pushing kids to do a year between high school and college to work and make sure they are ready for school. He's just going to be making more than a barista. If I were his dad I'd want to know about the coaching / competition, of course. But I'd also be a bit concerned about his assumed temporary status. If I'm a professional coach, I'm coaching for wins. I'd develop a kid if I thought it could help me in the long run, but if he's just using us for a year, I don't really have much incentive to develop or even play him much. The Calipari and Coach K's in the US have an incentive to foster the one and done to encourage more of them to sign. Separately, I also found it a bit funny that the dad said "RJ could get in to Stanford. He has a 1280 on the SAT and a 3.7 GPA." He should be proud of how his son has done academically, and I'm sure he could get into Stanford as a 5-star ball player, but I wonder if he realizes that Stanford's admissions would laugh at his application otherwise. [/QUOTE]