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[QUOTE="Shenexon, post: 2976493, member: 129"]
I think it's premature to assign success or failure to Bazely's strategy. There are plenty of ways to analyze his situation and many potential scenarios. In the end there are just lots of questions.

Who helped his draft status more...Darius or Zion? Both are one and done but one is going to get paid more for his 7 month career and it isn't Darius. More kids have successfully followed Zion' s model than Darius' so there is no proven track record for what he's trying to do.

Is there anyone outside of LeBron and a couple of others that have succeeded using that strategy? Is Darius the same kind of talent? Has the year off helped or hurt his skills and conditioning for basketball? He may not have wanted to go to school any more, but to think that taking a year off is going to help his transition to a pro level of competition seems a tough way to go.

Sports is all about competition. More players make a career from displays of skill and intensity than by sitting out. That may not be true for Bazely but I don't see how it's an advantage for him. He's an unproven kid with potential, not a sure bet for success on any level. I don't care that he chose not to go to college, specifically SU, but his was a risky play and may not work out to his benefit.

There have been way more kids with potential that no one remembers than success stories in the NBA with Bazely's current resume. Sometimes there's a reason to avoid the road less traveled...
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