I’m no expert on Millennial social media lingo...
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Hey, I’m no expert on social media lingo either, but that’s they way I’d interpret it also.
It means he’s signing with an agent and going pro
Which is no surprise to anyone
Correct
You can get evaluated for the draft without an agent and return
You sign with an agent you forfeit amateur status I believe
No, he can hire an agent and return to Pitt if undrafted. It's a good rule change the NCAA put in that might benefit us a lot here.
Ah thanks for the correction
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"Players can also now return to school after going undrafted without losing eligibility, but only if they participated in the NBA combine"
Agent rule change from 2018. You can sign any NBPA approved agent and return to school if you do the combine and are not drafted. Its becoming more common (as is going right to G league then being drafted from there.)
Agent rule change from 2018. You can sign any NBPA approved agent and return to school if you do the combine and are not drafted. Its becoming more common (as is going right to G league then being drafted from there.)
He has completed his taxes....come on guys
Yes, I think this will be the route he takes. He'll test the waters and realize he is not yet a first round pick and return to (hopefully) Pitt. That is unless he's ok with a G-league/fringe NBA career (more likely time in Europe) for a while. I look at a guy like Iggy Brazdeikis (drafted 47th and shuttling between G-league and the end of the Knicks bench) as what his career will look like if he leaves now.
I agree. The purpose of college is to prepare you for a career. If you're ready to start that career, there's no reason to wait.
That's also why I believe colleges should give degrees in basketball and football. If that's your career aspiration, why bother pretending to get a degree in Communications or Criminal Justice.
I have a feeling he will get drafted somewhere but may not be as high as he hopes.
Yeah that is a bad scenario...don't get Justin back and by going late 2nd round and he gets a two way G league contract where he doesn't get legit NBA playing time either.
NBA draft agent rule and changes for 2019 explained
The NCAA relaxed their rules surrounding college players' relationships with agents in a series of 2018 policy changes.
www.si.com
Here is an article explaining it -- but summary he can sign with an agent and return to school as long as they terminate the agent prior to returning to school..
Why is making $435K on a 2 way deal a bad choice? He would be coming back to play on a really bad team....for free. Lets say he doesn't even play an NBA game next season, he still makes $435K and can develop in the G league as good or better than he could at Pitt.
Comes down to betting on yourself and what you think your ceiling is. Guys can get buried in the G League. But the money is decent (for at least a few years).
He’s a 6’6” sf/pf
It’s not like his stock is going up with more college
he’d Brandon Ingram with a worse jumper, ball handing, and defense .
The odds of him turning into a shooting guard in college training part time to improve his stock are not great
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I have a minor beef here. Champ ain't no millennial. He's a Gen Zer. Us millennials are getting old now too and we don't understand their lingo either. Haha.
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Old people are gonna call every teenager/early 20s person a millenial from now until about 2055 haha
There’s only 2 rounds ! Guaranteed money starts disappearing quickly in that 2nd round .
Haha. No worries! Just getting used to my younger cousins in their late teens and early twenties pretty much calling me an old head and I'm in my mid thirties. I have to lookup half the acronyms they pass along via text to me. Haha.
Holy hell. I'm in my early 40s and am just barely a Gen Xer and almost a millennial. I had no idea.
How much longer before we can call these 1st millennials angry old white guys, or substitute angry with any of the other adjectives.
According to Wiki...
"Millennials, also known as Generation Y (or simply Gen Y), are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 being a widely accepted defining range for the generation. Most millennials are the children of baby boomers and early Gen Xers; millennials are often the parents of Generation Alpha."
I heard today's elementary kids are now being called Generation C for Covid as it is a defining world event that will impact most of their lives for a long time
That's a drag. Gen A or Alpha sounds so much cooler. I ain't calling them Gen C.
People keep saying that and while it may be true it’s not as important as you think. It’s about what the NBA sees as potential and their ability to develop him. And they can do that for as many hours as they like once he’s a pro.
That's a good salary, I just meant its a worse outcome than him becoming a regular NBA player giving Pitt exposure on national TV or returning to help us win games. Like being the next Tyler Bey is no shame, just doesn't really help Pitt much.
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