With everything going on and all of the excitement about the direction of our program, I've lost track of Justin Edwards. What's his status? Where is he? Wish him the best...just wondering.
Edwards?
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Entered draft. Will not return to college.
Honestly forgot who you were talking about for a second.
Has decided to leave the basketball spotlight for a long career in developmental league or overseas
Yeah, really bad that I had totally forgotten about Justin. He was Cat and honestly I think he did as well as he could. No malice toward him personally at all. He just was not developed correctly.
Actually at first I thought you were posting about Ant. He's a big mouth but man can that fellow ball.
Actually at first I thought you were posting about Ant. He's a big mouth but man can that fellow ball.
Will go pro in something other than sports
JE is a great kid who is/was a cal casualty collegiately speaking as well as the NBA drafting on potential BS. He would have made a really good college player and by year 3 and 4 a potential all American player for the right coach.
Or, the Daniel Orton plan.
These type of players entering the draft is what is wrong with college basketball . Just have to wonder the mindset if you struggled as bad as he did in college .
I know his struggles was apparently causing him to struggle mentally so that makes me wonder how does he think he will succeed in the NBA where he most definitely won’t be in a rotation right away and could be in the g league to start out
I know his struggles was apparently causing him to struggle mentally so that makes me wonder how does he think he will succeed in the NBA where he most definitely won’t be in a rotation right away and could be in the g league to start out
Biggest disappointment since Skal.
Will take his talent to the league and get blocked by NBA rims
Somehow his lack of hops wasn't figured into his HS ranking. Or if it was then some of the other metrics were out of whack. He's still a kid I would like to see develop but it just seems on the surface he made a really poor decision on not logging another college year. There are coaches all over America that could have made him better. He's one kid I am pulling for.
I'd put up all of EJ Montgomery, "The Dragon," Devin Askew, Brandon Boston, Damion Collins, and Chris Livingston as equal or greater busts. Edwards was just amplified because of who he was starting in front of, but he's better than every one of those guys who were all highly rated 5 star recruits.
Eh, Boston was a bigger disappointment to me.
The Dragon - Whitney is probably the biggest bust I remember here. I’m 46.
I wish him well and hope he proves you wrong.
A case could definitely be made for Boston. He had better stats but that’s partially because Edwards didn’t have to be relied on.
Askew was awful but he was only like top 20-25ish.
Edwards is another kid who should have stayed another year or two in school. To many kids today have handlers who are telling them they are ready when they are not.
He'll do photo ops with an 8 foot rim, and little people in the stands.
Same. lol
Hard to keep track of all the Cal players. Plus, most ended up being duds.
This...both he and Z would have turned out 1st rders with a yr/2 under Pope.
I know, if he can’t handle the college grind he sure won’t handle the grind with men trying to get paid. Those who are at the end of their career and the ones fighting for a roster spot.
Edwards would have benefited from a more structured system. The freedom Cal gives players can showcase talent or let them hang themselves.
I agree with that but my problem with Edwards is he was missing wide open dunks . No excuse for that lol
Indeed . Although the league has gotten so young now but still I haven’t seen someone be able to just turn it on once they get in the pros after struggling badly in college .
He looked terribly out of shape for a twenty year old. I can’t imagine what he was eating to look that bad when youth alone will keep you lean. Absolutely shameful to have aspirations of being a professional athlete and skip out on one of the most important parts of the journey.
Same. Whitney's "pro" career is depressing. Seems like he should have maybe worked on his craft a bit longer in college.
IIRC, Whitney's dad was the guy driving all of that. He was telling Whitney to leave UK and to enter the draft. He thought his son was better than what he was. And Cal was screwing him. Lol.
That could be true. I remember that was the story at the time at least. I'm sure all of these kids have people in their ear... at the end of the day they need to figure out who to listen to, and who needs to tuned out. Only listening to Yes-men is a bad place to be for players and for (former) coaches.