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Message: [QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 2136397"] We haven't had talented guys stay long enough during the OAD era to know. Warrick and Christmas are the closest we've got. Warrick had a good career and it looks like Christmas will stick around a little longer at least. The difference is NBA readiness vs. draft stock. They're unrelated, which is perhaps the hardest thing for JB to wrap his head around. As a coach, he wants to send NBA ready players to the NBA. Players, rightly so, want to go when their draft stock is as high as it's going to get. Ennis, Grant, and Lydon left early because they didn't think their draft stock would improve. That's fine, but it's also fine for JB to say they're not NBA ready because they're not or weren't. Ennis has struggled mightily from day 1 and Grant lucked out by landing on the Sixers where he could get playing time right away on a terrible team. McCullough would have been a lottery pick if he came back for another year. [/QUOTE]