Noel's dumb azz should've stayed in school

[Newzz]

Why go back to school and risk the chance of being possibly the 4th best player on Kentucky next year, when you can go #6 overall this year?

 

[ThiefyPoo]

Lol at turning down millions being a bad decision. Now he wont have the 1st pick cloud over his head for the next few years, bought him some time to develop an offense b4 the haters rush in to label him.

so we just gonna forget about Joseph forte huh


Look him up breh he came out a year too early.

Acc top player but he needed one more year to add to his game.

Where is he now

 

[Kings County]

Get his weight up a little and develop his offense. One more year would've helped. I can see why Davis and MKG left as they won a title and their stock was high as fukk. I can see why Irving left after not playing much due to injuries because of his skill set. Noel actually lost money by coming out. If he was afraid of getting hurt he could've taken out an insurance policy.

Most of the freshman that come out in this class wasn't ready. If Harrison Barnes had come out after his freshman year he would've been the player he is now. Players need to recognize when to hold and when to go all in.

:menlie: this is stupid he got picked in the top 6 who cares about being first 1-10 make pretty much the same amount of money its that max contract he has to wrry about attaining

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

:menlie: this is stupid he got picked in the top 6 who cares about being first 1-10 make pretty much the same amount of money its that max contract he has to wrry about attaining

@ you purely looking at it from a money stand point. You don't start making real money until your second contract. yeah he gonna and be a "millionaire" just by being picked 6th but how much will he be worth when that contract is up? How he develops will be the difference between him getting a max extention or some mid level bullshyt. I think coming out now hurts his growth and thus hurts his long term paper.

 

[L&HH]

Nope cant agree.

The reason his stock dropped was because he got hurt. He wouldnt really be able to "learn" much next season b/c he'd be rehabbing from his injury. So then he'd enter next years draft as a possible injury risk, tweener, w/ no offensive game (much like now) except next years draft is waaaaaayyy better than this year's draft and he'd fall even more.

Now he can rehab on the team's dime AND still earn millions.

Also I never understood the notion that a a college program can offer more for a player's development than the NBA can. The nikka's going to have whatever offensive post coach at his disposal, if that's not enough I doubt him staying would have done much better.

 

[AlldayNE]

@ you purely looking at it from a money stand point. You don't start making real money until your second contract. yeah he gonna and be a "millionaire" just by being picked 6th but how much will he be worth when that contract is up? How he develops will be the difference between him getting a max extention or some mid level bullshyt. I think coming out now hurts his growth and thus hurts his long term paper.

He has a skill that will always keep him paid. Shot blocking

 

[Kings County]

@ you purely looking at it from a money stand point. You don't start making real money until your second contract. yeah he gonna and be a "millionaire" just by being picked 6th but how much will he be worth when that contract is up? How he develops will be the difference between him getting a max extention or some mid level bullshyt. I think coming out now hurts his growth and thus hurts his long term paper.

he'll develop more in the nba playing top competition than in college b

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

he'll develop more in the nba playing top competition than in college b

That logic bodes well for players with skills. I don't think he's that good to be honest. I also don't think he's mature enough to handle the NBA lifestyle. I don't even see him being a great defender. I mean Cody Zeller got picked before him. He went from No. 1 to not even being picked in the top five.

 

[big bun]

He about to be the next Stromile Swift. Hell, Hasheem Thabeet got millions. Short term rookie contract vs. building a brand and having long term success. He doesn't come off as someone "hungry". I hope he makes it but getting drafted isn't enough. The ONLY justification is the threat of getting injured but at the end of the day if you're not ready, your're not ready. He wasn't ready.

 

[triplehate]

Was his stock not high being considered for the number 1 pick?

 

[mastermind]

another bad @Ethnic Vagina Finder thread

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

He was the standout star for that Kentucky squad this year. They got five 5-star recruits coming in next year. Noel would have started, but he wouldn't have been THE guy on the team. He might have fallen even farther if he came out next year.

 

[HiphopRelated]

his stock aint drop because of his injury. It dropped because he is a tweener. He's too small to bang inside and he has very little offensive moves. The ONLY asset he has thats worthy of top 5 is his shot blocking. He's not a player you build a franchise around at this point. Oden and his 50 year old body was worth the gamble, Noel wasn't. He could've potentially raised is stock or it could've dropped. Either he or the people around him wasn't confident it could be raised.

He would be going back in coming off surgery, with hungry freshmen on his own squad. How was he supposed to raise his stock?

 

[Reggie]

And what if he would have stayed at Kentucky and suffered another injury? Then he wouldn't have got drafted at all. But let's not cry to much for a guy who went top 10 and is now a soon to be millionaire. If he stays healthy he will be an All NBA defensive team mainstay. His defense is that good and he's just not a weakside shotblocker. He plays very good defense from what i saw of him and Kentucky and i think his ceiling is higher than Davis is on that end.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Was his stock not high being considered for the number 1 pick?