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[QUOTE="sufan4eva13, post: 2544243"]
To me, this has always been the best argument in favor of the vast majority of our players staying for one more year. You get to be a star for one more season, you get to play in front of 30,000+ a couple more times, you get to compete at near the highest level for what might be the last time in your life. You KNOW that you have all of this in your grasp! Why would you give that up for the unknown? Because you'll be one more year into your prime? If you get to the point in the NBA where you are on the decline physically that means you stuck around the league for long enough that you were able to make millions anyways, so it's not as if that's even a major risk when compared to the risk of never playing high level basketball again.

When you look at it from the standpoint of what is likely, next year could be the most memorable year of Tyus Battle's life if he returns. He will be the star player of a team that will be ranked preseason and should contend for a championship. Even if you put aside the very real argument that he could improve his draft status (seeing as he is shooting under 40%, 31.6% from three and has an underwater assist to turnover ratio there's tons of room for improvement), there's still the basic human factor of what is going to create the memories that you will cherish down the road. The most realistic scenario is that coming back is best for him due to this factor alone.
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