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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2075939, member: 837"]
But that's not the group I picked. People aren't getting this point -- CJ Fair wasn't going to be an NBA player. I love him and would take five of him any year and be thrilled but he wasn't going to be that player.

I also have no interest in taking a player and artificially telling him to stick around for four years. Waiters left, good call. Flynn left -- didn't work out but the right call. Melo left, broke my heart, it was the right call. Tyler Ennis left, surprising but right call, stock wasn't going up. Kids leaving early makes plenty of sense in many, many cases. Again, to be clear, kids leaving is completely fine.

However, would you say Grant is on a career trajectory to become a regular starter on a playoff quality team? And my only point is, that is the goal because those are the guys that make the real money. You point out he started 52 games in year 2. He's start 4 in year 3.

Does coming back help, hurt or make no difference for grant? I don't know but my point is that the NBA doesn't guarantee any sort of development whereas you can guarantee Grant would have had plenty of work on that jumper for 35 games at the Cuse. I would argue he could have used it.

If I were advising Malachi, that's a tougher call. Gets drafted in the first round, probably has to go. But the only point I'd make is that he would have been the focal point and worked on getting that jumper more consistent and refining that offensive game. Instead he's logged very little time. Which is the better path long term? I really don't know but it's worth considering for a kid making that decision. The NBA at the earliest possible moment isn't always the best call.
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