Jones tied his career high of 36 points for the Pelicans then was released a month later when they got Boogie. Idk how a guy who produces like that gets waived but it wasn't the first time.
Which former UK player/fringe NBA guy has surprised you the most in terms of NBA under-performance?
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But none of that really has anything to do with it. It might in certain cases, but the reality is just that it's INCREDIBLY hard to make an impact in the NBA. And always has been.
10 years worth of drafts, 2000-2009, some facts:
89/293 (30.4%) 1st round picks played in fewer than 300 NBA games (as of now). That includes 17 guys drafted in the top 10.
But compare that to 80-89, when it was very uncommon for any player to leave college before their junior year.
68/242 (28.1%) 1st round picks played in fewer than 300 games. 12 were drafted in the top 10.
The NBA is always going to have a success and failure rate near the same level, whether they draft 18 year olds or 22 year olds. There are only so many jobs, and only so many players who are going to establish themselves as valuable long-term players.
Understand all that. But when you are young and havent reached your full mental and physical capacity, and you then go from being the man to riding the pine your growth can be severely stunted and your potential not fully reached.
No matter how much those that fully support the NBAs system want to deny it some players can in fact become much better ball players with 2-3 more years of physical and mental development in college systems under coaches like Cal and K etc. When you bolt too early you are getting some quick cash but you could be shutting the door on your full basketball potential as well.
Knight actually had some really nice seasons numbers wise. Few 17/5/4 type seasons. I was surprised he hit a plateau because of his work ethic but he has had a major knee injury and a few minor lingering things he battled on and off in the time leading up to tearing his knee up.
Goodwin got a raw deal from the fans here as everything came down on his shoulders after Nerlens went down, had a decent NBA career for what we all saw coming out of UK.
Really thought Teague would make someone a really nice backup pg for someone once he put work into his shot and continued to develop but it seemed like he kinda got big head syndrome and saw himself as a lotto pick then walked around like he owned the place in Chicago.
Really thought Teague would make someone a really nice backup pg for someone once he put work into his shot and continued to develop but it seemed like he kinda got big head syndrome and saw himself as a lotto pick then walked around like he owned the place in Chicago.
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