To me it is a waste for a kid to leave early not being guaranteed that you will get drafted. Also a lot of horror stories about a lot of the European leagues or other countries where they don't always pay you on time or at all. If you are not playing in the best European leagues then you are really taking a big chance on whether you will get paid or not. Staying 4 years really hurt players like /Duncan, Ewing, Robinson, Bird and a lot of other players I mentioned and when those guys played the NBA was a lot better to watch.
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Player development and experience meant more back then. The NBA is entertaining but it is a minefield before the playoffs.
I have been a Lakers fan for the past 15 years. I would like to see the Lakers evolve with the rest of the NBA. Increased statistical analysis e.g. analytics, advanced medical staff, etc. All of the kids are Warriors fans these days. It's rare that you find a team in the NBA that has barely any egos but the Warriors have managed to build that.
I was a Lakers fan when Magic was there but I can't stand Kobe and have not been a fan since he has been there. Also to me to many people use stats as there only analysis and use them to much when making decisions.
I love creating stats. I occasionally email Ken Pomeroy about things I find. Great guy, BTW.
I emailed him once after he posted some stat about coaches, can't remember what it was, and I asked him where Crean showed up and he actually emailed me back and it was way at the bottom.
I really don't look at stats in depth and I would rather just watch the games and make my own decisions on what I see and make my own opinions
I'm all for using analytics but when your eyes tell you one player is clearly better I throw them out the window.
To me stats can't tell you a lot of things about a player such as heart and their determination to win a game.
Why do you consider Tom Crean to be a "great recruiter"? That aspect of his coaching capabilities is quite overrated.
Crean is a relentless recruiter. That's the term. He can recruit talented and smart players who stick around for 2+ years (Yogi, Zeller, Blackmon, etc.) but cannot consistently out execute competition offensively and defensively. Have always said it.
Relentless effort doesn't always equal superlative (or "great") results. Crean's recruiting is greatly overrated.
I have said it more than once....Crean's biggest weakness is his roster construction/management. He has landed some great players but struggles landing the glue guys. Crean either needs to be able to recruit like UK or Duke or he needs to start developing those secondary recruits, instead of those guys transferring and never developing.
Exactly. And he'll never do it when he keeps over-signing so he has to run those kinds of players off.
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