Myles Powell says Kadary would’ve been the number 1 overall pick if we correctly diagnosed his general soreness to a specific soreness
Still not a bad salary starting right out of school!!!!
I mean this with no disrespect. While 25 years ago was a weaker draft. Kenyon Martin was deserving of #1 pick. Aggressive 4/5 paint menace and keeping you honest with a jump shot. It is bad form to compare a generation ago and different style. Kadary was a 5th year guy with great length and reach for position he plays who still can't shoot yet
Well, he was out of eligibility so his is a nice landing spot, In fact most guys drafted into the NBA are taking a pay cut in this new world.
Even crazier when you think an NBA season is 82 games vs college 31 (68% longer season not including preseason or playoffs).
Add SOBO1:free room and board , food medical although at SHU free medical for an athlete may not be be a benefit and if you want a free college degree which might come in handy when you flame out in a few years
Honestly, I will too.
As a simple statement there is. However it's really an apples to oranges comparison. The only equivalent variable is that's it's basketball.
I just don’t get your takes. He was first team all BE in a season the league won the NCAAT and had two other teams on the S16. Last year 2nd team all BE while playing the later part of the season injured. But go ahead just make wildly generalized statements while never providing a concrete fact.
Talking apples and oranges. KR was an outstanding college player. End of discussion. It may turn out that he doesn’t stick in the NBA. Very few college guys do every year. In this years draft only 36 of the 59 picks in the two rounds were college players, the other 23 were foreign players. There are a lot of great college players who don’t get drafted or stick. But KR did get a two way contract so he could be suiting up in as many as 41 NBA games. That most likely won’t happen but he will have his opportunities.
It says something but hardly all.
You’re changing the goal posts. We’re talking about guards in their college career. Will see how everyone does in the NBA when they get there and play a few years.
I think what you aren't grasping is that evaluating how good a player is in college is sometimes different than how good said player might be in the NBA. Kadary didn't get drafted because his lack of shooting ability in the modern NBA and the things he does really well will be harder for him to do against NBA players, to the extent he can get away with some of them at all (like the bully ball, inside the paint game, where he was so effective in college during the latter part of his career, but which would be much harder to do against NBA size and athletes).
I don't believe I have to explain this to a supposedly keen observer of the game but I'll bite. The NBA and college basketball -- much like the NFL and college football -- are different games and value different skills.
His back better hold up! Great kid, excellent player, can't shoot from outside with reliability, but I'm rooting for him. He gave us many great moments. Wish we could have kept him and Dre. We were pre-season top 25 assuming they stayed. I remember the pre-season predictions.
