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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1359335, member: 837"] This is a really well-thought-out post with excellent persepective and I admit, I'm guilty of dismissing the socio-economic aspects that are present in most likely every single one of these decisions (although certainly not with jeremi grant, but ... whatever). So, to that end, I don't really disagree with any of this post. However, I do think there is another side to this. I would suggest that coming from humble beginnings should make you a bit more wary of bringing a kid into the world as a teenager, but then, you're right, teenagers aren't necessarily thinking of that most of the time. So here's how I'll frame it: Once you have a child on the way, you are no longer 19 years old. Right? I don't care if you are in the ghetto or living in a mansion in Potomac -- you just got a lot older very quickly. You are now making decisions for a family and you have to be smart and make measured, calculated decisions. That doesn't mean leaving is wrong -- but if McCullough's dream is that he has a long NBA career and if the evaluators believe he has that potential as well (even if it's ceiling and not necessarily the likeliest outcome), then you have to make a concerted effort to get to that level. I would argue he's unlikely to be drafted (I could be proven wrong) and I would argue that either way he'll end up spending time in the D League and have a very difficult path to the NBA. My feeling is coming back to the cuse, working on his game, being a featured cog in the offense and generally maturing, could --- in theory -- make him more attractive to the NBA and more likely to get an opportunity to stick when he gets there. I don't know, I just think these guys have a ton of voices in their ears telling them they are Michael Jordan from the time they are 5 and they simply don't have enough folks saying, "pump the brakes, put in the work and don't jump at the first single dangled in front of your nose." In the end, who cares I guess. Good luck to CM and hopefully the program finds a worthwhile replacement. But ultimately it's hard for me to find the "it's the right decision for him" logic holds much water. [/QUOTE]

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