Jabari Parker to return to Duke?

[joct]

I honestly don't understand why we have gone from 1 generation of the NBA draft from this
1994 NBA Draft
1 Glenn Robinson (SF) USA Milwaukee Bucks Purdue University (Jr.)
2 Jason Kidd (PG) USA Dallas Mavericks California So.
3 Grant Hill (SF) USA Detroit Pistons Duke Sr.
4 Donyell Marshall (SF) USA Minnesota Timberwolves Connecticut Jr.
5 Juwan Howard* (PF) USA Washington Bullets Michigan Jr.
6 Sharone Wright (PF/C) USA Philadelphia 76ers Clemson Jr.
7 Lamond Murray (SF) USA Los Angeles Clippers California Jr.
8 Brian Grant (PF) USA Sacramento Kings Xavier Sr.
9 Eric Montross (C) USA Boston Celtics North Carolina Sr.
10 Eddie Jones* (SG) USA Los Angeles Lakers Temple Sr.

This included 5 Juniors, 4 Seniors, 1 Sophomore(who is an unquestioned first 1 ballot HOFer)

2004 NBA Draft
1 Dwight Howard* C USA Orlando Magic Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta, GA) HS Sr.
2 Emeka Okafor PF/C USA Charlotte Bobcats (from L.A. Clippers)[6] Connecticut (Jr.)
3 Ben Gordon G USA/UK Chicago Bulls Connecticut (Jr.)
4 Shaun Livingston PG USA Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte)[6] Peoria HS (Peoria, IL) HS Sr.
5 Devin Harris+ G USA Washington Wizards (traded to Dallas)[8] Wisconsin (Jr.)
6 Josh Childress G/ USA Atlanta Hawks Stanford (Jr.)
7 Luol Deng G/ UKPhoenix Suns (traded to Chicago)[10] Duke (Fr.)
8 Rafael Araújo C Brazil Toronto Raptors BYU (Sr.)
9 Andre Iguodala G/ USA Philadelphia 76ers Arizona (So.)
10 Luke Jackson SF USA Cleveland Cavaliers Oregon (Sr.)

4 Juniors, 2 HS kids, 2 Seniors, 1 Freshman, 1 Sophomore

2013 NBA Draft last year
1 Anthony Bennett PF/SF Canada Cleveland Cavaliers UNLV (Fr.)
2 Victor Oladipo SG/PG USA Orlando Magic Indiana (Jr.)
3 Otto Porter SF USA Washington Wizards Georgetown (So.)
4 Cody Zeller PF/C USA Charlotte Bobcats Indiana (So.)
5 Alex Len C Ukraine Phoenix Suns Maryland (So.)
6 Nerlens Noel# C USA New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Philadelphia)[A] Kentucky (Fr.)
7 Ben McLemore SG USA Sacramento Kings Kansas (Fr.)
8 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG USA Detroit Pistons Georgia (So.)
9 Trey Burke PG USA Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Utah) Michigan (So.)
10 C.J. McCollum PG/SG USA Portland Trail Blazers Lehigh (Sr.)

5 Sophomores, 3 Freshman, 1 Junior, 1 Senior

This is why the college basketball game has suffered. The NBA isn't getting finished products entering the league. In 1994, 1 underclassmen left really early and it was Jason Kidd who was a special talent nowadays 8 out of the 10 picks are Freshman/Sophomores and not many of them are contributing as rookies.

The players have the right to leave early, but the NBA is having to develop these guys on the practice rather them playing in college.

1994 was the tail-end of the NBA's expansion from 23 to 29 teams. That created 6 more lottery picks every year, 90 more roster spots and at the same time the rookie pay scale was improving. Think of it this way, that was about 30 more first round picks that didn't exist just 5 years earlier. The NBA had to get the players from somewhere, so they gradually went younger and younger rather than keeping journeymen on longer. Once that happened, by the late 90s, the classes ahead were mostly cleared out (exceptions like Duncan), so underclassmen became by default best draftable players, especially with the NBA's philosophy of drafting talent.

The NBA created this mess by over expanding...then had to put rules in to save themselves with the one and done rule. When they expanded by roughly 33% overnight, where did they think the players were going to come from?

 

[wink91wink]

If Parker comes back and Grant leaves I just won't understand.

 

[cuseguy]

Read your own post then tell me why he needed to stay another year.

Because he thought he'd improve and raise his stock.

Pretty simple.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.