re: NBA Draft - Mickey's draft spot with latest declarations to enter draft

Fair enough on wanting to develop at the 3.

We need to start seeing these guys like gymnasts or track athletes or golfers or tennis players. The idea of "team" only exists in consideration of how they develop their overall talent.

While you or I would LOVE to be on a TEAM and try to win a championship, young basketball players who are talented do not think that way anymore. They have been dealt with as an individual for a long time and they see themselves that way. So, they not only go after the money, but they also think about how they can best personally develop for the future rather than help the team win games.

I am not making a judgment one way or the other. It is how things are. But, if he wanted to develop at the 3, then leaving is the best option.

The problem now, though, is that he will never make it in the NBA. He'll wander around Europe playing basketball. There are worse ways to live, though. More power to him!