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[QUOTE="JrodCuse, post: 891478, member: 1279"]
So why did Joakim Noah stay when he would have been #1 overall?  Why did Marcus Smart stay when he could have been a lottery pick?  Why did Jared Sullinger stay?  Why did the big white dude at Michigan stay (McGrary?)? They all could have chased the $, but they enjoyed college.  You only get a few years to play college ball and have that intensity that the pro's don't have when it comes to gameday atmospheres.  You aren't going to get 30+k going nuts over you with fatheads in the crowd at a home game at any arena in the NBA.  Sometimes it is nice to be "THE DUDE" as opposed to "a dude".  There are a ton of cases where players stay another year when they could get guaranteed millions.  Why do they do it?  I'd assume it has to do something for their love of the game and the college atmosphere vs the colder business-like approach of the pro's, but I could be way off on this.  So to summarize this, it's not ALWAYS about the money.  Yes, money is great.  It makes life easier and helps you do fun things, but it doesn't make you happy.  I feel bad for people that think money = happiness.
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