Bazley Decommits

[orange79]

The posters in this thread that advocate cheating and paying kids make me physically ill.

 

[cuseguy]

Next man up.

I know it’s trite, but that’s where we’re at.

Anything else is just flailing about.

Only problem there this isn’t the SU offensive line. Next man up isn’t the No. 9 prospect in the nation.

I’ll check in in October to see where we stand. It is what it is.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

What is going on with kids today

Gonna make bank, before he makes bank.

 

[reedny]

Isn't the top of the G league pay scale $35,000? The NBA is very foolish to destroy their "free" feeder system. I don't think you will see anyone decommit from Duke, UK, UNC, Kansas etc. The benefit of the exposure there is valuable. IMO Bazley would have a better chance being a 1st round draft choice playing the year in college. I expect lower level players to try this but not the elite recruits. Very questionable move on his part.

Couldn't have said it better. It makes no sense, which is why VERY FEW IF ANY of the other high-level recruits are pulling this kind of BS at the last minute.

 

[Alsacs]

Hmm. I did not realize I spent 4 of the best years of my life on a plantation. That I paid to live and work at. Pretty sure I spent as much time working as the athletes spent practicing.

Did your sport generate millions of dollars for the AD?

 

[rrlbees]

There is a difference. And if you want to win by cheating like the blue bloods, good for you. Count me out.

I’ve seen 3 posters already advocate for cheating.

 

[orangecuse]

No.

Hell no.

We just wish him well and move on.

Is that your formal legal opinion?

 

[shandeezy7]

This would be the first year it’s allowed and the nba hadn’t officially approved it yet, but obviously they are.

NBA making plans to get involved at high school level, once again

It's not the first year that it's allowed. The G-League has always been that you could enter the league as long as you were 18 by the time of the draft.

 

[RF2044]

Couldn't have said it better. It makes no sense, which is why VERY FEW IF ANY of the other high-level recruits are pulling this kind of BS at the last minute.

It seems to me that this is a play to open up his compensation sooner. I.E., endorsements, money from agents, etc.

The salary is the tiniest component of this, IMO.

 

[FrancoPizza]

There is a difference. And if you want to win by cheating like the blue bloods, good for you. Count me out.

Would you rather be mediocre because we cheated or be mediocre because we can’t recruit like the blue bloods? At least with the former we’d have cycles of prosperity. The other way... the current way... we’re bubble for life. No way. Life is too short to be ok with the bubble.

 

[SU2NASA]

I’ve seen 3 posters already advocate for cheating.

Just working hard to become a bagman one day.

 

[Jake]

Staff was blindsided.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Max G league salary is $26k if you are not on an NBA contract. Absolutely stupid move.

His agent likely gave him $100k, or Adidas.

 

[Briancuse]

Kid is a joke hope he likes serving big Macs for a living.

 

[Frozen]

I hope Bazley has an interesting career.

 

[SU2NASA]

Kid is a joke hope he likes serving big Macs for a living.

Go Blue!

 

[shandeezy7]

Staff was blindsided.

So someone on Twitter knew about these rumblings a month ago but our staff had no idea?

 

[SU2NASA]

I hope Bazley has an interesting career.

I hope I never hear his name again until the 30-for-30.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Agent saw him and momma coming from a mile away...Can't believe this crap

 

[reedny]

It seems to me that this is a play to open up his compensation sooner. I.E., endorsements, money from agents, etc.

The salary is the tiniest component of this, IMO.

No doubt. This isn't about $26k. I think you're right that agent/endorsement money is afoot, especially at such a late juncture.

My problem is with what Madbiker posted -- that in effect, this was a desperate, foolish, ill-timed move that a recruit at Bazley's level (and a young man with character) doesn't need to make. In addition to making himself look like a fool, it shuts him out of coverage (TV audiences for the ACC and the NCAA tournament are massive). It exposes him to injury. And potentially it reduces his draft value. And all for what, a loan from an agent? $100k is 10-20% of what he'd make by moving up a couple draft slots higher in the lottery after a national level season. There's a reason he's the only top-level kid going this route.

 

[Pearl309]

His agent likely gave him $100k, or Adidas.

Thought the same

 

[PauliePeppas]

Staff was blindsided.

Now that is what pisses me off more than anything...you wanna go to the G -league? Fine ...be a freaking man about it. Classless on him and whoever is advising him. Really hoped he went to the staff first and thought he did. Clearly shouldnt have given him the benefit of the doubt

 

[cuseincincy]

My son just read that he stated he did it because he saw so many players leave early end up in the g league that he would skip straight to that.

 

[phil77]

I have never wished injury on someone but ..... I still wont but hope he busts out of G-League

 

[dasher]

Would you rather be mediocre because we cheated or be mediocre because we can’t recruit like the blue bloods? At least with the former we’d have cycles of prosperity. The other way... the current way... we’re bubble for life. No way. Life is too short to be ok with the bubble.

I don't agree with your choices. The sanctions had more to do with the bubble. Before them, we were a #1 seed twice this decade. I have more honor than to cheat to win. once you go down that road in life, you are truly lost.