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Fab Melo Article interesting question....

Nitpick on the article, but Fab averaged 7.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore, not 4 and 3.
 
Still don't think he got any sort of opportunity, would like to have seen him get 8-10 minutes a game in the NBA. He showed way too much his sophomore year for him not to get any sort of playing time at the next level.
 
Didn't this kid not pick up a basketball till he was 16 years old? Most centers take longer to develop anyway, let alone one that never played basketball until he was a sophomore in HS.
 
two3zone said:
Still don't think he got any sort of opportunity, would like to have seen him get 8-10 minutes a game in the NBA. He showed way too much his sophomore year for him not to get any sort of playing time at the next level.
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Agreed. It's sort of a catch-22 with the NBA. They draft on potential, but then they rarely give these players the time it takes to improve. Part of that is simply because of small roster sizes. But in this case, it's Fab, so screw him.
 
OttoinGrotto said:
Nitpick on the article, but Fab averaged 7.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore, not 4 and 3.
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They got a couple things wrong. They also said the Celtics had high hopes for Troy Bell. The Cs drafted him with the intention of trading him on draft night - which they did.
 
No offense to original poster, but this isnt an interesting question.

Everyone that follows bball immediately responds: NO. He isnt even close to the worst Boston Celtics 1st round pick.

And why limit Fab Melo to the lottery era? It's almost like they are insinuating that he went in the lottery. Maybe they aren't, I just dont see the need for that specific limitation in this scenario.
 
two3zone said:
Still don't think he got any sort of opportunity, would like to have seen him get 8-10 minutes a game in the NBA. He showed way too much his sophomore year for him not to get any sort of playing time at the next level.
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Apparently he was unimpressive enough in the d-league for them to draw their conclusions. He should've hit the books and stayed in school.
 
sufandu said:
Apparently he was unimpressive enough in the d-league for them to draw their conclusions. He should've hit the books and stayed in school.
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I know. If only he had enough money to go back to school now, to get a college degree, if he wants it. Too bad there is not a process for young men to get millions of guaranteed dollars upfront, then go get an education, when they can appreciate it, at any school they can get into, and not have to worry about how to pay for it. Someone should invent that system.
 
Capt. Tuttle said:
I know. If only he had enough money to go back to school now, to get a college degree, if he wants it. Too bad there is not a process for young men to get millions of guaranteed dollars upfront, then go get an education, when they can appreciate it, at any school they can get into, and not have to worry about how to pay for it. Someone should invent that system.
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Or better yet, get a free education while receiving coaching from a hall of fame coach, that has coached the best basketball players in the world, and still cash in on the guaranteed millions after raising his draft stock. If only.
 
The biggest bust in the "lottery era" is Frederic Weis. Never played an NBA game and is immortalized for all-time with the greatest posterization in history.

Kev
 
sufandu said:
Or better yet, get a free education while receiving coaching from a hall of fame coach, that has coached the best basketball players in the world, and still cash in on the guaranteed millions after raising his draft stock. If only.
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Not if you can't play or get hurt.

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sufandu said:
Or better yet, get a free education while receiving coaching from a hall of fame coach, that has coached the best basketball players in the world, and still cash in on the guaranteed millions after raising his draft stock. If only.
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Who said his stock would have gone up? He won defensive player of the year in the best conference. What screwed Fab Melo was the stigma that he's a dummy. If he finished off the season and wasn't ruled ineligible he would have left anyways and would have probably been in the lottery. I don't think he could have come back if he wanted to. The two suspensions is what ruined his future, not his potential nor his skill.


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two3zone said:
Who said his stock would have gone up? He won defensive player of the year in the best conference. What screwed Fab Melo was the stigma that he's a dummy. If he finished off the season and wasn't ruled ineligible he would have left anyways and would have probably been in the lottery. I don't think he could have come back if he wanted to. The two suspensions is what ruined his future, not his potential nor his skill.


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Agreed with Fab we probably go to the NC game and the hype around that would have boosted his stock immensely.
 
two3zone said:
Who said his stock would have gone up? He won defensive player of the year in the best conference. Nobody said it, but with a more developed offensive game, it definitely could have. What screwed Fab Melo was the stigma that he's a dummy. Is it a stigma? He wasn't smart enough to realize that making himself ineligible to play may make scouts think less of him. If he finished off the season and wasn't ruled ineligible he would have left anyways and would have probably been in the lottery. Of course he would have left anyway, it's what he wanted to do, but it's far from a certainty he would have been a lottery pick. I don't think he could have come back if he wanted to. Hence my comment about hitting the books. The two suspensions is what ruined his future, not his potential nor his skill. This is grossly inaccurate. Despite the suspensions, he was still a first round draft pick and had the opportunity to prove himself in the NBA and the d-league.


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Capt. Tuttle said:
Not if you can't play or get hurt.

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That's why I said he should have hit the books, so coming back would have been an option. Everyone states the whole injury thing. I would love to see the stats on how many college basketball players get hurt the year they're projected to make themselves eligible for the draft/graduate. I would suspect the number is small enough that it really shouldn't be factored in all that much, and if a guy is projected as a potential high draft pick he can get a million+ dollar insurance policy.

I don't think everyone should be a four year player. I think guys that aren't intrinsically motivated to work hard and aren't through the roof talents, can benefit by spending more time in college. Those guys are more likely to accept coaching before they cash in on a big payday and may actually develop a work ethic before they leave. Was Waiters anymore talented at the end of his sophomore year than he was at the end of his freshman year? No, but his freshman year showed him his talent alone wasn't going to get him where he wanted to go, and he proved to be much more coachable as a sophomore. For other guys the light may come on later. Maybe that could have been the case for Fab, maybe not. We'll never know.
 
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