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[QUOTE="Horn88, post: 2976735, member: 7087"]
Again, I will state my point that keeps getting lost in replies that are addressing things I haven't argued.

Darius's basketball career will not be made and will not be broken based on his decision to not play college basketball this past season. Darius's career, like most NBA players regardless of if you were a 3 star or 5 star unless you're an NBA all star, will be much more impacted by the situation he is drafted into and his work ethic once he gets there. So people giving a verdict that he ruined his career or will be flipping burgers by the time he's 30 are quite premature.

Would college basketball have given him opportunities to play well and get evaluated further to get drafted higher? Probably but I think what he does once he gets in the league and how his development is handled by his future team will have a lot more impact on what the "end product" of his game will look like than what he's done this past season.

That has consistently been my point. He doesn't need college basketball for NBA scouts to find out who he is like some suggested and his weakness of his build and strength wouldn't have disappeared if he went to college when he's undoubtedly working out with a trainer right now.
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