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[QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 2150678, member: 2133"]
Two issues here:  First, people [B]vastly[/B] underestimate how hard it is to be [URL='http://thesportsquotient.com/nba/2017/3/2/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-nba-draft']an all-star or even a starter in the NBA[/URL].  Just getting a roleplayer out of a #15-20 pick is probably the best outcome.

Second, why would a professional team want someone who could be worth millions to them, developed by some schmuck, [B]completely  not associated with their team,[/B] in Syracuse, or Bloomington, or Florida or whereever?  Jim Boeheim doesn't owe someone in a NBA team's front office a goddamn thing and he certainly isn't going do whatever they want because that team has an interest in paying one of his players to play basketball for them in the future.   Plus say that Team A has done a lot of scouting, they really like Lydon and he has potential to be an All-star, but they think he needs another year in college to "develop".  So, Lydon goes back to school, puts up 25 and 12, first team all-ACC, and is ACC POTY.  Team B then drafts Lydon 10 spots ahead of Team A.  How'd that work out for Team A and all of their prep work?
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