I read it.. I wouldn't mind him saying "I'm staying school to improve my game and get my degree, the NBA can wait"- that makes sense imo. But dude was like, "The NBA looks boring, we got 17,000 at the Kohl Center.. look at the Bobcats' games
". "I'mma leave my senior season at Wisconsin to play in the D-League or Europe
.. I'mma 7 footer with average athleticism"
-Yeah I read the article.. He's crazy
Yeah. And he's DEAD ON about where he ranks out. He knows he'll never have a packed house going crazy for him ever again, he's never going to be a celebrity anywhere but on the Wisconsin campus. This is it. Good for him.
then that means hes only gonna be a journeyman player in the NBA
Yeah, no shyt. He's a journeyman AT BEST. Which is exactly the point.
Yea it was over soon as he said that. Dude hasn't even left college and already an having Al Bundy moment.
If and when he gets drafted his tune gonna change soon as they cut that first check...
No. It isn't. His point is - He's not going to be a superstar. He's not going to star anywhere for the rest of his life EXCEPT at Wisconsin. So his attitude isn't going to change... his whole point of view is going to be validated. You think the crowds are gonna get live for Kaminsky when he rolls into Maine Red Claw Arena? Or when he's playing second division ball in montenegro?
NOPE. Wisconsin is the pinnacle of his career. Better he knows it now.
Kaminsky can boast about being a big fish in a small college pond. Meanwhile NBA players will boast about being whales competing in the wide open ocean. Every athlete in sport should aspire to the highest level of their sport and any that revel in the mediocrity of weaker competition should be called the scrubs they are. It's like saying I should have stayed in high school because I started every game and everyone knew my name.
No, you fukking idiot. It's not like that at all. He's saying he'll never play in an atmosphere like he has right now. And he's not. I can tell you're a teenage, because you still think 'aspiring to the highest level' affects fukkall. It doesn't. This is real life, and nobody is keeping it
realer than Kaminsky right now. He knows that he's never going to have the chance to be on national television, helping lead his team to a championship, having fans going crazy chanting his name ever again... because he's likely to spend his 2-7 pro basketball years playing low-level ball, or riding the end of a bench.
This is IT for Frankie Kaminsky. He's a moderately skilled big man, with marginal athleticism. He's not dissing the NBA, he's making an honest observation about his talent level, and his career trajectory. And he's 100% right about the NBA. A tuesday night crowd at UW is 10X as live as a Saturday or Sunday national tv crowd at MSG.
to Frank Kaminsky - dude gets it, and he's taking control over his time playing the game with eyes wide open.
