re: Naz did not make a bad decision

I’m pretty sure there was a ceiling with JOB regardless.

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Naz would be a lottery pick next year.

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let me know when i can borrow your crystal ball sometime

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Better than the foolish fans that want as many LSU athletes as possible to leave early so they can get paid little now rather than lots later.

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lol dude no one wants likeable athletes to leave their program. It's basketball, man. This just is what it is. It takes one team to tell a man he can live his dream as a 19 year old and then sometimes it doesn't a pan out. Quit being a negative nancy and just be happy the guy signed an nba contract.

Anyone that could take off the P&G glasses long enough to be objective could see that he has crazy potential, but was still very raw. Bad decision.

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nd the only bigger disappointment from a highly recruited

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Quit being a negative nancy and just be happy the guy signed an nba contract.

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I'm not negative. I'm a realist. And the reality is that Reid more likely than not would have made much more money had he stayed another year, or even two.
We used to tell football players not to declare early unless you're an expected 1st rounder; that become 2nd rounder; and now we tell them to go early if they are a 3rd rounder. When Fournette was a sophomore, I recall fans wanting the NFL to make a rule exception to allow him to go even earlier. That was ludicrous.
In basketball, the rosters are tiny, there are only 60 draft spots. It's a fricking honor to be drafted. If you're leaving early, or in a few years, foregoing college altogether, you should be damn certain you'll be drafted. An expected mid-2nd rounder out of 2 rounds should lean to returning to improve his stock and increase his likelihood of a more lucrative contract the following year. What happened to Reid is the equivalent of an expected 6th round football player going early, and then not getting drafted. Wouldn't be a shocker, would it?

He already signed a contract, so I won't say it was a bad decision. I do think a better decision would have been to stay one more year. He would have been a bigger focus of the offense with Tremont leaving while still having a lot of supporting talent around him.

And I rarely think a player should stay when they declare.

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let me assist. He made the right decision; he just didn't work hard after.

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No he wasn't that good during his time at LSU. That is why he did not get drafted. He is a big with absolute no inside game and a below average outside shooter. The fact that he thought he was ready for the NBA and wasn't aware of his shortcomings is telling. If he comes back and tries to develop a low post game, improve his shooting, get stronger he could have been a 1st round pick. The best case is him making $35,000 a year in the G League. The worst is him playing for one year getting cut and now trying to find a real job with 1-2 semesters in college.

If you are not absolutely positive you are going to be drafted you have no business declaring to go Pro, especially after just 1 year of college.

Well we know one thing, no nba team will ever hire your blindass as a scout.

Yes he did make a bad decision. It was painfully obvious that Naz was not ready for the NBA. Many of us said so and were routinely ridiculed by others that said Naz was a 1st round lock (and likely a lottery pick). His game had so many glaring holes in it I don't understand how somebody convinced him turning pro was his best option.

Another year (or 2 or 3) under Wade's coaching would have almost certainly improved his stock.