OT: 2022 #13 recruit Scoot Henderson signs with G-League Ignite for $1mil

NickRU714

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Whoa!

2022 #13 recruit Scoot Henderson skipping senior year of HS to sign with G-League Ignite.
Reportedly $1mil contract.

6'3" PG out of Georgia

I would guess that is for 2 years ($500k/year) until he is eligible for the 2023 NBA Draft.

We are getting closer and closer to the international soccer model of formal professional development of teenagers.

 

NickRU714

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Reading he may have finished his schooling and is graduating a year early from HS.

A requirement for him to join the team it seems?
 

NickRU714

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Yes, he reclassed into 2021.

Ok. So how would that work if he went to college?

He would start in September at 17.
Could he be a 1-and-done?
Is his HS class considered 2021 or 2022?

Normally when players reclassify backwards, they are going to their original HS class, right?

Does a player normally leave HS early?
 
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This is good for everyone, most especially Henderson getting to make some early $$. Good for NCAA, too - one and dones put the lie to supposed NCAA amateurism. Probably also good for the NBA to get some kids into professionalism at an earlier age.
 

HeavenUniv.

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I hope somebody with integrity and a good financial background is helping these kids. To a high school kid, the money seems huuuge. Some of these kids , though, are going to get injured or be a bust or get a cup of coffee in the NBA or end up playing a few years in Ecuador. Just my two cents.
 
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I hope somebody with integrity and a good financial background is helping these kids. To a high school kid, the money seems huuuge. Some of these kids , though, are going to get injured or be a bust or get a cup of coffee in the NBA or end up playing a few years in Ecuador. Just my two cents.

This is just such a God awful take it hurts.

If this kid fails he's got a mill in his pocket. Now at that point he can get a degree on his own or start a career doing something else with a mill as a cushion
 

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Crowne. I get it. So you are assuming that he will not pay any taxes and will just save all of his money for a rainy day just in case things don’t work out, the latter being what a good advisor would suggest he do, which is why heaven’s take is on point.
 

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It will be interesting how the GLeague ignite operates under a normal season. Also, how well Green, Kuminga, Nix and Todd do in the league will also be very important for the future of this concept, if they end up having better careers than expected, scouts will value the GLeague more and more and more and more high prospects will be going the GLeague route
 

Russ Wood

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Ok. So how would that work if he went to college?

He would start in September at 17.
Could he be a 1-and-done?
Is his HS class considered 2021 or 2022?

Normally when players reclassify backwards, they are going to their original HS class, right?

Does a player normally leave HS early?
Ok. So how would that work if he went to college?

He would start in September at 17.
Could he be a 1-and-done?
Is his HS class considered 2021 or 2022?


If he went to college he would probably arrive for the Summer B semester in a couple of months, like most freshmen, begin working out with the team and he would play in the 2021-22 season. I don't know his date of birth so I don't know how old he is. Since he is reclassifying his HS class will be 2021.

Normally when players reclassify backwards, they are going to their original HS class, right?

When I hear the term "reclassify back/down" it is usually in regards to a kid reclassifying to a lower grade. For example: reclassifying from the 2022 class to the 2023 class. Henderson
reclassified "up" from the 2022 (junior) class to the 2021 (senior) class. I didn't follow his recruitment closely but perhaps the 2021 class is his original class. Nowadays some parents voluntarily hold their kid back a grade if they think it will help his college recruitment. Especially if the kid is physically behind other kids his age.

Does a player normally leave HS early?

Players do not normally leave HS early, however, we are in a brand new world thanks to the G-League Ignite team and the Overtime league recruiting high school players. G-League Ignite has only focused on HS seniors so far, but Overtime is willing to sign kids as young as the sophomore class.

Overtime did just that with Matt and Ryan Bewley. The Bewley Twins are a couple of 2023 kids who signed a two year deal the Overtime Elite League (OTE I think it is called) this week. They are going to gross seven figures by the end of the two-year agreement.
 
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Good for the kids that can do it but it's going to become bad for the game if you're getting 20-25 of the top guys heading into it every years-----which can happen.

College hoops is on the verge IMO of becoming a 3 week season which isn't good.

One thing I wish they would do is start the season in January and go till May.

Football just drowns out the first 5-6 weeks of the season at alot of schools.
 

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Good for the kid. Rather have him play professional ball then rent a college jersey for a few months. College Basketball will be fine and thrive without players pretending to be students for a semester. Would rather watch players develop their game over multiple years via excellent college coaching compared to players wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League.
 
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Russ Wood

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Good for the kid. Rather have him play professional ball then rent a college jersey for a few months. College Basketball will be fine and thrive without players pretending to be students for a semester. Would rather watch players develop their game over multiple years via excellent college coaching compared to players wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League.
What if...and I know that this has never happened...that player "wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League," as you put it, helped Rutgers win a national championship and boosted Rutgers' recruiting?
 
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NickRU714

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What if...and I know that this has never happened...that player "wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League," as you put it, helped Rutgers win a national championship and boosted Rutgers' recruiting?

Are you nuts?
Rutgers and Coach Pike would never recruit a potential 1-and-done.
It's not the "right" way to build a program.
Rutgers doesn't try and take "shortcuts".

https://www.onthebanks.com/2016/8/1...-steve-pikiell-jameel-warney-roselle-catholic
 

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Looks like Overtime Elite just signed its first two players. The Bewley twins who go to school at West Oaks Academy in Orlando. Ranked as the #2 and #16 kids in the 2022 class.
 

RURM85

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What if...and I know that this has never happened...that player "wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League," as you put it, helped Rutgers win a national championship and boosted Rutgers' recruiting?
Hasn't happened and Rutgers is not that type of program.
 

Russ Wood

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Looks like Overtime Elite just signed its first two players. The Bewley twins who go to school at West Oaks Academy in Orlando. Ranked as the #2 and #16 kids in the 2022 class.
Yup. Someone posted that earlier today. But the Bewley Twins aren't in the 2022 class. They're in the 2023 class.
 

NickRU714

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Why do you keep posting this link? Naz Reid never played for Rutgers.

The liar others keepnl saying:
"Rutgers would never have a 1-and-done player".

Rutgers recruits elite players just the same as every other school.
People act as if Rutgers and Coach Pike would turn down a Top 10 recruit just because he might be a 1-and-done.
 
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RUsojo

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Crowne. I get it. So you are assuming that he will not pay any taxes and will just save all of his money for a rainy day just in case things don’t work out, the latter being what a good advisor would suggest he do, which is why heaven’s take is on point

Actually you and Heaven are making the assumption that these kids will blow the large amount of money they will make which is a mostly irrelevant take anyway to the topic at hand.
 

GoodOl'Rutgers

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This is just such a God awful take it hurts.

If this kid fails he's got a mill in his pocket. Now at that point he can get a degree on his own or start a career doing something else with a mill as a cushion
I think you missed the point completely... Aaaiiiirrrr Baaaaallllllll
 

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College basketball is going to gradually decline in popularity. Without any lottery pick talent and very little first round talent, the game will start to fall apart. The whole euphoria of an upset in the NCAA tournament falls apart when the mystique of a blue blood with elite talent evaporates.
 

Russ Wood

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The liar others keepnl saying:
"Rutgers would never have a 1-and-done player".

Rutgers recruits elite players just the same as every other school.
People act as if Rutgers and Coach Pike would turn down a Top 10 recruit just because he might be a 1-and-done.
During the Naz Reid recruitment there were plenty of Rutgers fans posting here how much they wanted him and how Rutgers needs to keep talented players like him home to compete in the B1G.
 

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I hope somebody with integrity and a good financial background is helping these kids. To a high school kid, the money seems huuuge. Some of these kids , though, are going to get injured or be a bust or get a cup of coffee in the NBA or end up playing a few years in Ecuador. Just my two cents.
And as you all know, it's impossible to attend college during a time other than the 4 years immediately preceding high school

What kind of fuctioning, stable adult would recommend these kids do anything other than make a million dollars coming straight out of HS?
 
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What if...and I know that this has never happened...that player "wasting a roster spot simply to pass time to get to the NBA Draft and/or G League," as you put it, helped Rutgers win a national championship and boosted Rutgers' recruiting?
We would celebrate just like any other fan base.
 
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Crowne. I get it. So you are assuming that he will not pay any taxes and will just save all of his money for a rainy day just in case things don’t work out, the latter being what a good advisor would suggest he do, which is why heaven’s take is on point.
Advisor can also just my mother and father ( are we allowed to say those words still). We have to assume his parents or other family member will give him strong advice and I hope he is able to use that money wisely and live a strong productive life. Let’s not just assume all great athletes will make bad decisions. Sadly too many of them do because there are so many people out there looking to rip them off. He doesn’t need those advisors. They all just want money for themselves.
 

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Yeah how'd Naz Reid's 1 year at Rutgers go? Coach Pike saw Reid as a multi-year starter. LSU on the other hand paid Reid, accepted his girlfriend and more then welcomed him to rent the jersey for a few months, a place that Rutgers doesn't go.
For the record, LSU’s acceptance rate is 75%. Admitting the girlfriend was not a huge hurdle.
 

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The liar others keepnl saying:
"Rutgers would never have a 1-and-done player".

Rutgers recruits elite players just the same as every other school.
People act as if Rutgers and Coach Pike would turn down a Top 10 recruit just because he might be a 1-and-done.
If we are recruiting Top 10 recruits, our batting average is well below the Mendoza Line.
 

RURM85

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If we are recruiting Top 10 recruits, our batting average is well below the Mendoza Line.
If we're recruiting top 10 players, our batting average would be .000. The Mendoza Line would be a fantasy. The poster above linked an article to Chet Holmgren - his visit to Rutgers. Rutgers didn't make the kid's Top 7. I'm sure the kid talked with and/or visited a bunch of schools.