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The lure of NBA money will probably have no effect on Embiid. His father is a rich Cameroonian military officer.Embiid has been researching big men lately. Not the way he used to, back when he was trying to learn the game and used tapes of Hakeem Olajuwon as video tutorials. No, he's been looking at the game's best and surveying their college tenures:Olajuwon, three years; Tim Duncan, four; Shaquille O'Neal, two.
"I was curious because I want to be great, I want to be the best at my position one day," he said. "I'm trying to learn everything and what other people did. All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice."
Seems like he's more than willing to stay in college and develop his game for another year or so.
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LOL whoever is tanking
All of a sudden the 2015 draft could have an argument over the 2014 draft with Okafor and Embiid...
All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years.Dwight
Jabari Parker is also thinking about staying, btw
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Jabari Parker is also thinking about staying, btw
Not true, Dwight didn't even go to college, and he was great .... until he left Orlando.
Then there's Oden.
Regardless, smart move for the kid. He knows he's not yet ready, and would require a good college coach to develop his inside game. It's best for his overall career and basketball fans everywhere if he decides to stay in school.
I was watching him the other day and notice how fluid he moves for a 7fter and thought wow if this guy would stay a year or two longer and develop his fundamentals he could be special. I guess he feels the same way about his development.
This is what all those got owners get for literally trying to tank.
Hopefully Wiggins and Randle follow those footsteps.
Good, he needs more time to develop and put on muscle so he can handle NBA bigs.
guy's decision will turn out to save Cleveland or Milwaukee their first pick imho. Whoever has the #1 pick yet chooses someone not named Wiggins would be stupid as , while some teams' obsession with bigs often lead them to make such stupid choices imho (Bogut over CP3 and D-will, Anthony Bennett over anyone
Stupid. If your stock is up, better go now. You can finish school any time. If you blow out a knee in college, your career is over.
^ it only makes sense to those professional athletes though, or kid stars like our goddess. Meanwhile for the vast majority of college students, extensive time spent in school would only mean extra good to their future careers (speaking from your own personal experience) imho.
This. Get that guaranteed money while being developed to play in the league that matters. If the kid is any good why not develop his game against much better players rather than being the big fish in the small pond?
Basically.
Except that if he really doesn't need the money (maybe his father is really rich like $100M+), it doesn't matter that much. He could just as easily blow his knee out and lose his career in the NBA. Sure, he would have that guaranteed rookie contract but for some really rich people, a few extra million isn't all that much. Marginal value of money and all that.
Now if his family was anything less that really rich I agree, take the money.
Duncan was raw in his freshman season right? I think staying for year two could help him, but we'll see... all them one-and-dones said they'd stay after all
Whether or not he stays, if there's no desire to get paid, why not just play at the ing YMCA?
Next years Kansas team is loaded. They have 5 guys projected in the 2015 NBA draft. 2 of them top 3 picks and another a lottery pick. Add Embiid and you have 3 of the top 5 picks on Kansas.
http://nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft
Last edited by JohnnyMax; 01-21-2014 at 11:33 PM.
Next years Kansas team is loaded. They have 5 guys projected in the 2015 NBA draft. 2 of them top 3 picks and another a lottery pick. Add Embiid and you have 3 of the top 5 pick on Kansas.
http://nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft
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