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tev.sm said:
It’s still fascinating to see guys like Mark Sears, RJ Davis, Caleb Love go undrafted after being multi-year scoring factors for their respective college teams.
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I hear what you're saying, but Sears is an undersized 'finished product' with very limited upside from an NBA point of view. He faces a steep uphill climb to get beyond the G-League unless he just lights it up and gets an opportunity.

Think of it this way - just like every college player was a HS star, virtually every NBA player was a college standout, but there are only about 450 NBA roster spots, meaning a ton of big time producers at the college level will likely never get beyond the G-League. And it's that much harder for older prospects with limited upside growth potential.

What will be interesting to see is the effect that NIL will have on this, as more kids opt for an extra college season or two because they'll make more in school than as a rookie in the NBA if they aren't 1st round picks.
 
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sami said:
I hear what you're saying, but Sears is an undersized 'finished product' with very limited upside from an NBA point of view. He faces a steep uphill climb to get beyond the G-League unless he just lights it up and gets an opportunity.

Think of it this way - just like every college player was a HS star, virtually every NBA player was a college standout, but there are only about 450 NBA roster spots, meaning a ton of big time producers at the college level will likely never get beyond the G-League. And it's that much harder for older prospects with limited upside growth potential.

What will be interesting to see is the effect that NIL will have on this, as more kids opt for an extra college season or two because they'll make more in school than as a rookie in the NBA if they aren't 1st round picks.
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I wasn’t disagreeing with you just as FYI. I understand how the NBA works. It’s still fascinating to me. There’s clear numbers the highlight production from the guys listed but NBA teams draft based on growth and potential. NIL has already had an effect, in my opinion, given the decrease in the number of players who declared for the draft.
 
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I think Mark Sears is a pretty good basketball player, offensively. He is just small.

I’m not convinced Love and Davis are NBA good. I’ve always thought they were closer to Hunter Dickinson. empty stats. don’t actually make your team better.
 
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omghulkhands said:
I think Mark Sears is a pretty good basketball player, offensively. He is just small.

I’m not convinced Love and Davis are NBA good. I’ve always thought they were closer to Hunter Dickinson. empty stats. don’t actually make your team better.
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Sears is pretty close to Brunson sized fwiw. His measurements aren’t automatically disqualifying at least.
 
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