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[sami]

Wonder if he was able to take out a loan against potential future earnings. Could put him in a tight spot financially.

Yeah, probably… but it wasn’t Bank of America, was 20 pts and someone wants first payment.

 

[anon_ezos2e9wn1ob0]

Yeah, probably… but it wasn’t Bank of America, was 20 pts and someone wants first payment.

If so, that is incredibly stupid. Are these kids that delusional?

 

[ed odowd]

This lawyer put the bar much higher Han he needed to alleging Willard and trainer concealed the injury much higher than negilence.Powell loses and he might get defamation suit in return.Myles is 23 doesn’t understand ramifications unless he has smoking gun.SHU should NOT settle burden of proof is on Powell.

 

[SHUSA]

if he thinks he should have more money, wait till the lawyer hits him with the bill.

 

[SOBO1]

Two things...

1) I find it beyond delusional to believe Willard would knowingly hide an injury from Powell. He has said he loves Powell like a son. It was rumored he passed on the Virginia Tech job to come back and coach Powell.

2) the fact that the complaint says he was a projected lottery picks tells you everything you need to know.

 

[RUTravesty]

Wonder if he was able to take out a loan against potential future earnings. Could put him in a tight spot financially.

This is almost surely what’s happening. Look at the address he filed the lawsuit from. He’s living in high rise luxury condos on the water on W 42nd. A G league player shouldn’t be able to afford close to that tbh. His neighbors are probably all millionaires.

 

[halltheway]

One word...SAD

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

“Such a standout college career capped by such a successful senior season should have guaranteed Powell to be selected as a lottery pick in the NBA Draft, but the professionals connected to the various teams in the NBA had suspected or discovered that Powell had a serious injury to his right knee that had gone untreated.”

This is the whole lawsuit in a nutshell, his family feels he should have been guaranteed a lottery selection. They listed high school stats, individual game stats, individual awards as justification for guaranteeing a lottery selection. And the facts were that he never was projected as that type of NBA 1st round selection and players get drafted with injuries all of the time. And as a result, his team can't possibly fathom that MP's on court shortcomings could possibly be the reason and it must be someone else's fault.

Btw, Luka Garza is last year's wooden award winner and he's a projected 2nd round pick, that could potentially go undrafted.... Nothing is guaranteed.

On other hand, MP must be in a bad way right now. He worked a lifetime to build that reputation and have the success that he had with Seton Hall and was a great ambassador of our program and school. He's learning life comes at you fast, life isn't what he dreamed it would be 12 months ago. His income isn't what he thought it would be 12 months ago.... I've made myself look like an idiot many times, and I've had to learn that things go a lot better if you eat some humble pie and give sincere and heartfelt apologies. Hopefully, one day this is just a footnote.

Thing is, Powell is apparently no longer listening to the people he initially trusted, who always had his back and would always be there for him. He probably could have had a very nice career over in Europe but, for whatever reason, seemingly never wanted to consider that route. Seems that over the course of his life people doubted him and his abilities but he was always able to overcome and prove them wrong. Unfortunately, at least at this point, he wasn’t able to overcome and prove people wrong, like he had in the past, about being a sure fire NBA talent. This doesn’t mean it could not have happened down the road but at this point in time it just wasn’t happening. So instead of adjusting the dream a little he’s basically thrown everything away and destroyed relationships that could have helped him now and down the road.

Amazing how you can have a “career ending injury” and not notice it for two seasons playing at the highest levels (senior and G league).

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

If so, that is incredibly stupid. Are these kids that delusional?

Sadly they are!