re: I'm gonna leave this here re: Mitchell Robinson...

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Can you really see him going to Kentucky or LSU, sitting a year, and then playing a year?

I'm having a hard time seeing that. This seems like it could be a situation like Kanter at Kentucky, where Robinson transfers somewhere, works out with the team for a year, and then enters the draft next June. Almost every projection I've seen has him being a late lottery pick and I've only seen one board that didn't project him as a first rounder. I know not playing for a year will drop him on draft boards, but I couldn't really imagine him not still being a first round pick.

Also, I know the reasons for the Kanter situation at Kentucky are completely different, and he was ruled permanently ineligible, so he didn't have any choice but to go pro. But he sat out a year and still went third overall.

At the very least, Robinson will dip his toe in the water next summer, right? That would seem like a no-brainer to me.

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Yea, regardless of where he ends up it seems unlikely he would be willing to sit out a year only to play college ball the next season when he would be eligible for the NBA draft. 20 Freshman entered the NBA draft this past June. Of the 247 top 20 HS players for the 2016 class, only 4 stayed for their second year in college (2 at Duke and 2 at Mich St.)

You hate it for the college game, but the overwhelming majority of the top HS prospects see college as just a mandatory 1 year stop before the NBA. Mitchell is the 8th ranked player. I'd LOVE to see him play for LSU either this upcoming season or the next, but it's hard to really see that happening.