Well apparently they are all 2021, so probably none of them are committing anytime soon.Interesting only if Collins actually gets a commit from these guys...........
Those guys will go MSU or UM first and foremost. OSU, IU and Purdue will also land these guys before NU. NU definitely offers a high academic situation and great career with that degree. But these guys want to go to the NBA, and honestly, NU is not a school that has had any real or great experience in getting guys to the NBA.
If you look at where the foreign players who do go to college to play , and want to head to NBa, just look at schools in the big ten alone. Michigan has sent two number one draft picks over the last four years alone. MSU has had a couple themselves over the last years, and I am researching, but feel comfortable that a few other Big Ten schools have had s few. But NU, I do not see any, and I may be wrong. As a matter of fact, I am thinking the number of players drafted out of NU over the last day 20 years you may be able to count on one hand. I may be wrong, but NI is not any where’s near an NBA draft producing school. Incredible academic school without question, but when it comes to b-ball, it is a bottom level NBA feeder.
When I wrote "foreign players" I meant those who have no playing experience in the U.S.
It's now averaging in the low teens each draft...so twenty-ish percent of the draft are foreign players...no U.S. schools involved.
What that tells me is that the NBA scouts find the players wherever in....literally....the world they might be.
If you're MSU/Izzo you can certainly recruit with the negative...."NU doesn't send kids to the NBA." And that might have traction. But for NBA scouts it makes no difference. What they care about is the physical tangibles and intangibles...and how the kid plays against top competition. Go to any Big Ten school and you're playing against top competition so there's plenty of video.
The big difference between MSU and NU is that 90% of MSU's roster would never be granted admission to NU. The vast majority of four and five star recruits would never be granted admission.
However, the small fraction of four and five star recruits who would be admitted presumably are fine students. And so they would possess the intellect to understand that getting drafted in the NBA isn't determined by the college you choose.
Gee maybe NU should find a way to grant admission to a few of those 4* and 5* guys.When I wrote "foreign players" I meant those who have no playing experience in the U.S.
It's now averaging in the low teens each draft...so twenty-ish percent of the draft are foreign players...no U.S. schools involved.
What that tells me is that the NBA scouts find the players wherever in....literally....the world they might be.
If you're MSU/Izzo you can certainly recruit with the negative...."NU doesn't send kids to the NBA." And that might have traction. But for NBA scouts it makes no difference. What they care about is the physical tangibles and intangibles...and how the kid plays against top competition. Go to any Big Ten school and you're playing against top competition so there's plenty of video.
The big difference between MSU and NU is that 90% of MSU's roster would never be granted admission to NU. The vast majority of four and five star recruits would never be granted admission.
However, the small fraction of four and five star recruits who would be admitted presumably are fine students. And so they would possess the intellect to understand that getting drafted in the NBA isn't determined by the college you choose.
Those guys will go MSU or UM first and foremost. OSU, IU and Purdue will also land these guys before NU. NU definitely offers a high academic situation and great career with that degree. But these guys want to go to the NBA, and honestly, NU is not a school that has had any real or great experience in getting guys to the NBA.
Speaking of which, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, a NU alum (but not former basketball player) generated quite a firestorm over the weekend by wading into the Hong Kong vs. China situation.We're great if you want NBA front-office job.
I'm sure Tilman Fertitta and the other NBA owners would be happy to share that view with the Chinese government.Good. Hong Kong should have their autonomy.
If it's money versus freedom, you can be pretty sure which side most professional team owners will fall on.I'm sure Tilman Fertitta and the other NBA owners would be happy to share that view with the Chinese government.
Good for him. F the cowards in the NBA.Speaking of which, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, a NU alum (but not former basketball player) generated quite a firestorm over the weekend by wading into the Hong Kong vs. China situation.
I think it is closer to one fingerIf you look at where the foreign players who do go to college to play , and want to head to NBa, just look at schools in the big ten alone. Michigan has sent two number one draft picks over the last four years alone. MSU has had a couple themselves over the last years, and I am researching, but feel comfortable that a few other Big Ten schools have had s few. But NU, I do not see any, and I may be wrong. As a matter of fact, I am thinking the number of players drafted out of NU over the last day 20 years you may be able to count on one hand. I may be wrong, but NI is not any where’s near an NBA draft producing school. Incredible academic school without question, but when it comes to b-ball, it is a bottom level NBA feeder.
South Park has also now been banned in China after airing their episode "Band in China". Their response: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-park-banned-chinese-internet-critical-episode-1245783Good for him. F the cowards in the NBA.