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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1015640, member: 874"]
I would agree with the athleticism comment if he also had can't miss size for his position, but he doesn't.  MCW had his athleticism matched with uncommon size for a PG.  Grant is a very athletic and grossly undersized power forward or he is an athletic, but not nearly as remarkably so, small forward that is lacking much more than shooting for that position.  At this point, he's lacking, or at the very least hasn't yet demonstrated, all of the perimeter skills needed to be a 3 in the NBA.  He has shown no ability to handle the ball, he hasn't shown passing ability, and, as we've both mentioned, he hasn't shown the ability to shoot.  If he was lacking only one of those, he'd certainly be in better shape, but he's lacking all three.

We only need to look at Donte Greene to see how far off draft projections can be.  Chad Ford had him at 15 as of May 20 in 2008, and he went 28.  Would Grant drop 13 spots?  Maybe not, but he wouldn't have to to drop out of the first round since he's projected lower than Greene was.

He isn't a lock for the first round, and, therefore, isn't assured a guaranteed contract.  Why throw away the college experience, with an education and the opportunity to work with a HOF coach that has coached the best players in the world at the Olympics, so that you may or may not get as much of an opportunity to develop your game with a coach nobody has ever heard of that may or may not be good at developing talent.  If he was a lottery pick, then make the jump, but he's not.
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