re: Curious, how good was the offer?

Smart might not even see any of the money. Or very little of it. Sounds like most of it goes to the family or the handler, which I bet would be pretty common. These guys know they're going to be rich in a couple of years and they can wait a little bit for the big pay day.

But the parents, or parent, has likely been living paycheck to paycheck for 18 years, and has other kids still on the payroll. They want/need money now. Same for the handlers, this is their ticket to get paid before the player signs with real agents and management once they join the nba.

The system is what it is.