Washington's Decision

bigsmoothie

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I’m questioning the people in his ear giving him bad advice, these blood suckers and hangers on are not good for anyone. And it’s part of the Kentucky culture now. I feel bad for him.
Getting bad advise is not just a UK problem.
 

LmdCat

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I’m questioning the people in his ear giving him bad advice, these blood suckers and hangers on are not good for anyone. And it’s part of the Kentucky culture now. I feel bad for him.
This belief that you must go after your first season to be considered successful at UK is crazy. This kid could have made more NIL money than he is going to get now. He could have been the man while making good NIL money and improving his game. Staying at UK was the obvious thing to do.
 

LmdCat

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There is absolutely no reason other than to protect NBA teams to not allow players to return if they don’t like where they are drafted!!!
Imagine adding Tyty to our team, easy choice for #1
If you allowed these kids to go back, it would be even a bigger nightmare for college recruiting.
 
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DraftCat

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There is absolutely no reason other than to protect NBA teams to not allow players to return if they don’t like where they are drafted!!!
Imagine adding Tyty to our team, easy choice for #1

Right... at some point you should be able to pull your name out. At least before you get drafted. TyTy would benefit by coming back to UK and have another go next season. Lost a crap ton of money tonight.. would of made more in NIL
 

DraftCat

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Last pick in the 1st round still nabs you 1.8 Mill the first year. I don't believe the 2nd round is guaranteed.
 
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Kerwinwaltonsafro

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The last couple of years, the first 10 or so picks of the 2nd round also got guaranteed contracts.

While only 1st round picks are required to be guaranteed contracts, you're still in good shape if you go early 2nd.
 

DraftCat

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Would GSW pick TyTy? Let him sit for 2 years and learn from Curry
 

*Fox2Monk*

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A lot of these one and done guys are determined to leave no matter what .

I definitely didn’t expect to see this kind of drop for him though .
After hearing he got hurt in the private workout I kinda expected it. He not an explosive athlete. He shot it well more way they the year but at the end of the year he forced a lot being hurt and didn’t look great honestly.
 

Shaudylo

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After hearing he got hurt in the private workout I kinda expected it. He not an explosive athlete. He shot it well more way they the year but at the end of the year he forced a lot being hurt and didn’t look great honestly.
It was just a knee bump so I didn’t think it would cause this .
 

DaDirtyLeb69

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Maybe it is just me, but I posted well ahead of the draft that this kid wasn't going to do well in the draft. I also stated that he made a big mistake by not completing his pre-draft work out at Washington.
Was your concern that he isn’t a elite athlete?
 

Shaudylo

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I wonder how many Klay Thompson comparisons start up on Baldwin even tho he had a bad shooting season his only year in college ?
 

LmdCat

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Was your concern that he isn’t a elite athlete?
He just wasn't ready for the next level. The kid appears soft. After getting hurt, the kid showed via facial expressions that he didn't like physical play. His opponents knew it and they roughed him up every chance they got. This kid better get into the gym to start transforming his body .
 

ukcatz12

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Is

Is the draft over?
It's not over, and maybe this post was a little premature, but he's about to fall out of the first round completely. Can't sugar coat that. At this point it seems like he would have been better off coming back, getting a few big NIL deals, and getting a first round guarantee next year.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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I can’t believe Banchero went #1. As if Duke needs more help. SMH. I mean not like 2 or 3 would have been much different but seeing those #1 overall picks help and he actually played and went to a final four. 🤮
 

catswin

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He can still go first round and get his guaranteed contract. And who knows, if he came back and continued to have injury issues it could have hurt him. Very, very hard to project whether coming back is a net positive or not for people.
His injury issue was a sprained ankle. He and everyone around him tried to use that as his excuse for a terrible last 6 weeks of the season. The truth was, he was nothing special when he played against real teams even before his injury.

He signed his NLI with Creighton for a reason.
 
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