Not surprising. Hopefully they tell him he needs to lose weight and defend and he comes back a better player for it
Blake Hinson to the draft
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Seems like it will be a good evaluation for him and I would assume they will tell him the things you mentioned. Hopefully he comes back and is one of the best players in the ACC.
I would expect he would be back. This is a situation where you would hope Pitt could pay him more than the G-league or Europe
He’s gonna be back. He’s not good enough for the G league and Europe won’t want a 3 No D American
I can’t think of a reason a player like him SHOULDN'T go for this type of evaluation.
The player you just described is a 5 star one and done who goes to Duke or Kansas.
I worry a little that Hinson will get very reckless next year as the oldest guy- he already didn't hold back but if he's the senior he might let it fly even worse. There's no way we are better without him tho.
I don’t know the dollars involved in either one of those scenarios…
But it could be a situation where NIL would really be doing right by a player in a borderline situation. If he could make a similar amount of money and get an extra year, he delays his NBA judgment day. That extra year of development, getting in shape, or whatever, might get him on the positive side of that fence.
If you want to look at it that way but if Hinson can make more at Pitt than Europe or the G-league, that is pay for play so technically shouldn't be allowed
Yeah. That's something that has crossed my mind too, as I tend to think the leadership Pitt got from Burton last year might be missed on the court at times.
At Hinson's age though, he should have a good grasp of when he starts to force things to the detriment of the team and have the discipline to rein it in.
I'm a big believer thats where team chemistry and on court leadership comes into play. If coaches try to rein in guys like Hinson too much, they can sometimes suck the life right out of their game offensively. Just my opinion.
I suspect he will be back, but I don't assume anything on any team until I see who is on the court next year. (ha. I used the term next year.)
Pretty sure he can grad transfer, assuming he has graduated in all of his schooling. That’s the only thing to worry about here.
Let’s say he goes to get an eval and some friendly to random SEC NBA exec calls random SEC coach and says hey do you know about this guy? He’s only getting 100 at Pitt and will leave if you triple it…
And it doesn’t even have to be an exec. Could be a low level scout who is trying to get back in college game and tells Random SEC coach about him.
Why not? What’s different from the Wild West of NIL? It’s clearly not just businesses, etc paying someone to help their businesses. Most of the big money is pay for play.
NIL is going to cause some scenarios where players….especially good college players whose skills don’t completely translate…can make more in college.
Digressing - I’m not sure if this is a player or situation where Pitt suddenly finds a giant bag in order to keep him. But you can see this scenario where good to great college players could be worth more to their college teams. Probably would see that more in football.
Well, yea. If they arent going to regulate and continue to allow pay for play, then there will be lots and lots of college kids like Hinson who will benefit and be able to stay in school and make more money than a non-NBA pro league. So as long as this continues to be allowed, go ahead and get paid to stay.
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