4/10/08

UNC NBA early entries

I just read some (potentially) exciting news on Inside Carolina premium from some posters that have 'sources' (sources that have been reliable in the past, which is why the news has me excited) that it looks like right now all three of Tyler, Ty, and Wayne could be returning. The buzz is that Roy will tell Ty and Wayne that they need to return to improve their games as well as their draft stock (both would probably be drafted mid 1st round at best, 2nd round at worst) and that he's going to tell Tyler that he'd be a late lottery pick (apparently there is at least one team who would trade up to take him) so it's up to him and his family...but apparently Tyler has already told some teammates he plans to return and he really is hell-bent on winning a title. I was worried that if both Ty and Wayne left, Tyler would think there's not a good enough chance to win a championship to pass up on the NBA, but with both of them returning, I bet he'll stay as well. Apparently, the most likely to leave of the three is Wayne due to family influence.

I would not personally begrudge any of the three if they leave because if I was given the chance to leave school and become a millionaire, god knows I'd do it in a second. However, with the ridiculous freshmen class almost entirely declaring (Rose, Beasley, Mayo, Bayless, Love, Gordon, etc), and our guys' stocks taking a hit with their performance against KU, there is a good argument that they'd be both better off basketball-wise and financially waiting a year to leave. Ty especially could go from mid-20s to top 10 if he were to wait (PG is stacked this year - Rose, Bayless, Augustin, Collison, Westbrook, to name a few, are guys who would almost definitely be drafted ahead of Ty).

I really hope they all come back and set us up as the clear #1 team for next year but right now, with every other top team from this year getting killed by early entries (KU's losing Rush, probably Arthur, and possibly Chalmers, UCLA Love, Collison, and maybe Westbrook, Memphis Rose and CDR probably, Texas probably Augustin, Stanford the Lopez twins (and their coach), Louisville Clark and Caracter, Tennessee possibly Tyler Smith...you get the idea) I'll be very happy if we get 2 of the 3 back and go into next year as an easy top 5 team and title contender.

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