What writing is on the wall? I mean, you can count me in as shocked that a guy that has no shot of being drafted in the first round, and probably a snowballs chance in hell of being drafted in the 2nd round, would hire an agent and forego his senior year. Lots of underclassmen (with a brain) declare, don't hire and agent, receive feedback, and then come back to school for another year. I guess I just lean to assuming that people make rational decisions. The only 'writing on the wall' was surreptitious reports about Moore not coming to class, but that just seems like message board scuttle...hard to trust anything like that.
Crawford leaving would make a little more sense, although he is still a late 2nd rounder if he is drafted at all (I don't think he is drafted either). Not sure how it is self deception to think that the clear logical move is to come back for another year and try to improve one's NBA stock so they actually can be drafted. The only true self deception going on in this scenario is Moore deceiving himself into thinking he is an NBA player. He isn't...I wish he was, but he isn't even close. He is too slow, too limited offensively, and really isn't even that great defensively unless he is guarding a slow footed oaf. Can you imagine him trying to guard a guy like Embiid, or KAT, or Davis, or either Gasol, or Aldridge? Imagine him in ANY pick and roll with an NBA point guard...Any sort of switch to a player smaller than 6'11" is going to be an instant bucket or instant foul.
Give him the ball outside of 3 feet and how is he going to score? In an NBA that is trending to spacing and skill, he is a 1980's bruiser with a 3 foot offensive game, and that is putting it nicely.
Its an embarassing lack of self awareness that he is entering the draft. I feel bad for the kid.