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[QUOTE="Libero2, post: 462219, member: 2812"]
Always excellent to hear. So many of our guys in the past have jumped a year before they were really ready for the NBA and they never make it, just recently, Donte Green, Paul Harris, Johnny Flynn, Wes Johnson are all perfect examples (Dion may or may not be added to this list). I want our kids to stay in school until they are ready to make the leap. They have a much better chance of sticking in the league the more developed their games are, and the more experience and maturity that they have. And of course, there is the bias of what if they stuck around, would we have won a title if Greene Flynn and Johnson all played on one team with AO and Rick Jackson down low? I certainly think so.
 
In addition, I am a big proponent of guys getting their degree because if basketball doesnt work out they need to have a fall back career option. I don't know what the percentage is in the NBA, but I believe in the NFL its 28% of NFL players are broke within a year of being out of the NFL and after 10 years the percentage is something like 84% of NFL players no longer have any money left from their playing days. Very few people manage the wealth well. Having a fall back option to start earning money again if/when the sports career is no longer an option is incredibly important. 
 
B.J. Seems like a bright kid (definitely a stud ball player) and it sounds an awful lot like he has a good set of parents to help guide him to make the best decisions when the time comes.
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