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[QUOTE="Toga, post: 1024732, member: 365"]
I can understand why, for various reasons, a college player would jump after one or two seasons, even if they are projected say late first round.  But what is the thinking of GMs who draft on potential?  I look at NBA players and their bodies are so much more developed than their college counterparts.  Weights?  PEDs? As I understand it, there aren't all that many practices in the NBA.  So where is the development process occurring?  Wherever it is coming from, seems like a good chance it may not be the drafting team which ultimately benefits.

How long is a draftee's first contract?  Three years?  For the non-elite (outside top 6-7 players), won't the development process, assuming it is successful, just about take that player to the end of his contract?  You know, right when they can take that development and market themselves on the open market.

Would love to see the track record of non-lottery first round picks who came out after their first or second year,  and where they ended up, but more specifically, did where they end up benefit the team that drafted them.  Short of knowing the answers to these questions - if I was a GM I'd be trading my mid-late first round picks for a real solid 4th or 5th year player who shows his good and improving skill.
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