The House of Blue

If NBA people were in regular types of business they would shut down. Risking Multi millions of dollars on a player who is rehabbing a serious injury, with no guarantee he will be back to normal is crazy. And its even more crazy to draft kids at 13 and 17 who have shown absolutely no propensity to flourish at the college level, much less the pros. I know they are projecting to the future, but please....

There is no risk involved. They have the draft picks and have to either use them or trade them. There's nobody else really to draft. I'm actually a bit surprised we don't see more European draft picks so that the teams aren't on the hook quite as much.

What I don't understand is that Alex and Archie were all world 5 star recruits that have not yet even been able to adapt to the college game. Archie has no jump shot and is a terrible ft shooter for a guard, while Alex has not shown much physical or mental toughness at all to be a force at the college level. My point being, I think they would be better off to improve their game in college instead of the NBDL. The NBDL is obviously a notch or 2 athletically above the college level. I just can't believe a team would keep them around long enough to properly develop or to give the type of individual instruction that they are receiving at UK from CJC and the assistant coaches. With that being said, it is still hard to turn down money now, especilly if they remain that high up on the draft board. I hope whatever decision they make turns out to be the right decision for the right reasons. They are the ones that will have to live with the decision they choose. CJC will likely have a pretty good idea of where they are going to fit in the draft order. I assume they have the same type insurance in place as did Nerlens for a catastrophic injury that would prevent them from being able to play basketball in the pros. Once they get to the pros, I do not believe this insurance is still available to them in the D League.Therefore, they may be better off developing their game in college instead of going all out in a D League game and getting injured. Does anyone know for sure if a professional player is allowed to purchase catastrophic injury insurance after they have already made it to the pros? I don't see how they could get insurance for not being able to play in the pros as a result of a catastrophic injury if they are already playing in the pros. TIA. Good Luck to all of the guys regarding whatever decision they make. They will always be Cats and will always be welcome to come back and visit regardless of when they decide to leave. GO CATS!!!

And what I say has nothing to do with these kids as people. I love them as kids. They are both great kids. Its pretty simple, they just have some maturing to do on the court. No big deal. Just pay your dues and put in the work and it will happen.

That's the thing though, they'll have far more time to develop in a professional setting because there are no time constraints put on them. College coaches get about 2 hours a day to work with them. They have class, tutors, etc. they have to go to. In the pros, whether it be NBA or NBDL, they can go work out 12 hours a day if they want and have coaches at their disposal to do so.