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[QUOTE="KCJax03, post: 1035651, member: 356"]
I may not be the recruitnik many on this board are but when I look at Syracuse's recruiting classes I see lots of 4 and 5 start talent with a Micky Dee's or two.  I am not quite sure I would describe the players that come here as the best of the rest.

I would agree that this staff seems to be very good at identifying talent early on and getting verbals from kids before they have lots of stars next to there name. However many times by the time they show up here they are 4 or 5 star kids.

My frustration is not with the kids, it is with the current system. The NBA is willing to make first round draft picks out of kids that they simply do not need.  Yes they have no obligation to protect the college game but it would be in their best interest as well to wait a year or two before drafting kids to wait and see how they develop in college rather then give millions away based on "potential".

As a fan of the college game it frustrates me that they have not made a change that would benefit both the college and NBA games.

I remember when first round draft picks were guys like Coleman, Owens, Douglas or Siekaly.  Outside of Waiters,  I cannot see any of these others that have left as first rounders over the last few years as being even remotely close to that level.

This whole drafting on potential results in the NBA drafting kids in the first round who have not even proven themselves yet as being elite in the college game. Grant is a freakish athlete with lots of upside potential but his actual on court production is not spectacular (12 points / 7 rebounds / 31 min). I can say the same for Ennis in terms of his production (13 points / 5.5 ast / 36 min).

This just drives me nuts.
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