Blah blah blah.....the guy was either ready or not and he was CLEARLY not ready. Dino should have probably pointed that out to people and then his draft stock not been so mind numbingly high compared to his draft worthiness. He's pretty much been a first round bust.Who's to say they wouldn't get injured in their final 2 years and not to mention the disaster that has become our program? Would Dino have been canned? Would these two have had to endure a season of bzz? A lot of what ifs. They both got paid and both are now starting for an NBA team. Hard to argue that they didn't make the right decision.
Blah blah blah.....the guy was either ready or not and he was CLEARLY not ready. Dino should have probably pointed that out to people and then his draft stock not been so mind numbingly high compared to his draft worthiness. He's pretty much been a first round bust.
It was always bizarre to me that every good player at Wake over that period of time was mentioned as "NBA ready" but good players on other teams were often left off lists. Think about that. Teague, Aminu, Johnson, hell even Ari Stewart was on some NBA mock draft boards after his freshman year. None were really that ready. Someone had a thread on here a week or so ago IIRC betting that Aminu would be out of the NBA within 5 years and they're probably right.
I wonder if this was part of the problem Wellman had with Dino.
I'm sure its not many but even a non-career ending injury could significantly hurt a draft stock.
Blah blah blah.....the guy was either ready or not and he was CLEARLY not ready. Dino should have probably pointed that out to people and then his draft stock not been so mind numbingly high compared to his draft worthiness. He's pretty much been a first round bust.
It was always bizarre to me that every good player at Wake over that period of time was mentioned as "NBA ready" but good players on other teams were often left off lists. Think about that. Teague, Aminu, Johnson, hell even Ari Stewart was on some NBA mock draft boards after his freshman year. None were really that ready. Someone had a thread on here a week or so ago IIRC betting that Aminu would be out of the NBA within 5 years and they're probably right.
I wonder if this was part of the problem Wellman had with Dino.
Why would you wanna stay in college where you have limited practice time and class responsibilities with coaches who don't always know what it takes to make it in the NBA when you could be on your own practicing whenever you wanted, eating breathing and living basketball on an NBA squad plus getting paid?
If you're going in the first round and don't have much chance to move up (Teague and Johnson's case) why in the world would you go pro? I thought everyone agreed anyway that Johnson should go because of his age, draft pick ceiling, and coming off a really good year.
Blah blah blah.....the guy was either ready or not and he was CLEARLY not ready. Dino should have probably pointed that out to people and then his draft stock not been so mind numbingly high compared to his draft worthiness. He's pretty much been a first round bust.
It was always bizarre to me that every good player at Wake over that period of time was mentioned as "NBA ready" but good players on other teams were often left off lists. Think about that. Teague, Aminu, Johnson, hell even Ari Stewart was on some NBA mock draft boards after his freshman year. None were really that ready. Someone had a thread on here a week or so ago IIRC betting that Aminu would be out of the NBA within 5 years and they're probably right.
I wonder if this was part of the problem Wellman had with Dino.
Good to see James finally breaking out, unlike some other people I absolutely loved him when he was here. When he figured out that he could dominate in the paint he was unstoppable for large portions of his sophomore year.
A sign of things to come, evidently.he struggled with those at wake too
Are you sure? Last year he was DNP-CD in ~50% of the games...which is why he was traded, and at the time of the trade that was 72% of the games. I'd call that a ton, wouldn't you?or getting a ton of DNP-CD but that hasn't been the case.
Yea. He's a textbook tweener. 6'8 forward who played PF in college and is trying to transition to SF in the League. He struggles in exactly the facets you might expect too; turnovers, defense, and inconsistency with his jumper.
Blah blah blah.....the guy was either ready or not and he was CLEARLY not ready. Dino should have probably pointed that out to people and then his draft stock not been so mind numbingly high compared to his draft worthiness. He's pretty much been a first round bust.
It was always bizarre to me that every good player at Wake over that period of time was mentioned as "NBA ready" but good players on other teams were often left off lists. Think about that. Teague, Aminu, Johnson, hell even Ari Stewart was on some NBA mock draft boards after his freshman year. None were really that ready. Someone had a thread on here a week or so ago IIRC betting that Aminu would be out of the NBA within 5 years and they're probably right.
I wonder if this was part of the problem Wellman had with Dino.