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[QUOTE="Libero2, post: 1241580, member: 2812"]
You are right I did find his answer to your second question interesting. I hadn't thought about the need to beat out 3 guys on the bench to get out of suit and tie and even be eligible to play, let alone actually get minutes.

I've always been against jumping early if you aren't a top 10 lock. The money is (grand scheme of things) minimal in the first contract if you can't get to the second one. Yes 5 million is great, but that's not money to live on until you are 95 from being out of the league at 23. Especially when most kids don't manage the money well and end up broke by 2 years out of the league.

I know most people don't begrudge a kid for jumping early, I generally don't either, but I can't get behind the decisions of kids who jump when they simply aren't ready top 10 type guys with a chance to contribute to NBA rosters right away. Those guys who can contribute early make the NBA and get to the second and third contracts much more easily than a guy who has to survive in the D league his first 2+ years. Ennis and Grant were perfect examples of that a year ago. Grant more so than Ennis.
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