Bradley apparently declaring for NBA . . .

I hope for his sake and ours that he stays.
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"he will end up in the abyss of the developmental league, or playing overseas if he leaves now"

He could make some pretty decent money in Europe. Better than sitting behind a desk and still balling. The Link

1. Josh Childress* (Olympiacos Piraeus): 4.5 million euros per year (3 years 13.5 million euros)

2. Sarunas Jasikevicius* (Panathinaikos Athens): 3.73 million euros per year (3 years 11.2 million euros) (3 years 10.5 million euros salary, plus 700K euros buyout salary) - third year is an option year

3. Theodoros Papaloukas* (Olympiacos Piraeus). 3.5 million euros per year (3 years 10.5 million euros)

4. Bostjan Nachbar* (Dynamo Moscow): 3 million euros per year (3 years 9 million euros)

5. Jorge Garbajosa* (Khimki): 3.0 million euros per year (2 years 6 million euros)

5. Nenad Krtsic* (Triumph): 3.0 million euros per year (2 years 6 million euros)

7. Carlos Delfino* (Khimki): 2.833 million euros per year (3 years 8.5 million euros)

8. Matjaz Smodis* (CSKA Moscow): 2.5 million euros per year (3 years 7.5 million euros)

9. Ramunas Siskauskas* (CSKA Moscow): 2.5 million euros per year (2 years 5 million euros)

10. Juan Carlos Navarro* (Barcelona): 2.4 million euros per year (5 years 12 million euros)

11. Fran Vazquez* (Barcelona): 2.333 million euros per year (3 years 7 million euros)

12. Arvydas Macijauskas* (Olympiacos Piraeus): 2.25 million euros per year (4 years 9 million euros)

13. Nikola Vujcic* (Olympiacos Piraeus). 2.25 million euros per year (2 years 4.5 million euros)

13. Lynn Greer* (Olympiacos Piraeus): 2.25 million euros per year (2 years 4.5 million euros)

15. Nikos Zisis* (CSKA Moscow): 2.2 million euros per year (3 years 6.6 million euros)

16. Earl Boykins* (Virtus Bologna): 2.2 million euros per year (1 year 2.2 million euros)

17. Vassilis Spanoulis* (Panathinaikos Athens) 2.076 million euros per year (3 years 6.230 million euros) (3 years 5.5 million euros salary, plus 730K euros buyout salary)

18. Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid): 2.0 million euros per year (5 years 10 million euros)

19. Viktor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow): 2.0 million euros per year (4.5 years 9 million euros)

20. David Andersen (Barcelona): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Darjus Lavrinovic (Dynamo Moscow) 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Aleksey Savrasenko (CSKA Moscow) 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Lazaros Papadopoulos (Real Madrid): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Zoran Planinic (CSKA Moscow): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Sergei Monia (Dynamo Moscow): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Tiago Splitter (TAU Vitoria): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. Ersan İlyasova (Barcelona): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

20. John Robert Holden (CSKA Moscow): 2.0 million euros per year (3 years 6 million euros)

29. Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos Athens): 1.9 million euros per year (3 years 5.7 million euros)

30. Mike Batiste (Panathinaikos Athens): 1.833 million euros per year (3 years 5.5 million euros)
 
Tejas, you just impressed me with your research, and your writing skills. I've never seen that many consonents on one page.
 
I was impressed with his choice of no. zero and his attitude toward starting over to prove himself. My opinion is that he hasn't proved himself, but what-the-hell do I know, and who-the -hell cares about my opinion? Except me.
He needs more seasoning, but there are signs that this team and this coach aren't his preferred place to get it.
Good luck Avery, you'll aways be a fellow Horn.

Hook 'em
 
Gosh, at this point, sounds like he should go SOMEWHERE. How could the kid feel like he could come back here given the sentiments of this board.

Hook'em!!!
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Bradley should comeback to Texas for one more year. Having a year of experience under his belt and time to work on some of his percieved ball handling/driving/shooting deficiencies over the summer, he could really have a a monster year. There also won't be any dominant seniors on the team next season, so he will have a chance to be the leader. He could potentially vault from being a late 1st round propect/early 2nd round prospect to a low lottery/middle 1st round pick (10-15 range). This could make him millions of dollars. All he has to do is look over at his teammate Damion James for a perfect example.
 
My point Mister was this is sorta like baseball arbitration. You ask for a raise so the boss can slam you and explain why you don't deserve it. Whether Bradley's thinking about going or not, the comments on here are pretty derogatory as far as his play this year.

Admittedly his shooting touch fell off the last half of the season, but coming into the season he was highly recruited, a terrific addition and continued to be the one starter that could play lots of minutes. He is tremendously talented and his upside is great. I hope he does come back next year.

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His play is worth of criticism, he played awfully down the stretch. That's not debatable, and I think you admit it as well. That said, nobody here would rather him go pro than come back, which seems to be what you are accusing us of. You are putting words into people's mouths, if that was your point. If not, and you are trying to blame people for critiquing his play, then I don't know what to tell you other than he deserves it and this is the point of a message board.
 
Wall from UK is a lock to be a NBA superstar right now. Avery right now is not even close to be good enough for the NBA. Maybe in another year or two if he improves a lot. I wish they would hurry up and enforce the 2 year minimum for these guys. It would help everyone out.
 
Everyone is saying how great he was early in the season, and he was. But down the stretch Bradley even admitted he hit the proverbial "wall" and got tired.

If you are tired after 20+ games, you wont make it as a big time player in the NBA. They play about 80 games a season in the league. And although he wont see 30+ minutes every night like he did at Texas, there will still be another "wall" he has to climb.

If he wants to just be a 7th or 8th man, come off the bench for a solid 6-10 minutes a night, he should go. But is that really worth it when you could come back, tap into that potential we all see, and go into the NBA when you are ready and able to be a big time player?

From what I hear, Bradley and his family aren't struggling for money. His grandparents are apparently pretty loaded. Most of the time these decisions are based around your families overall income, and his family isn't struggling.

If I was Avery Bradley, here is what my thought process would be:

Is Texas going to win a NC next year? Probably not. Would the grind of the off season/season be worth the improvement I receive by coming back? Probably, but how much more money would I really be making? Couldn't I receive the same improvement by an off season in the NBA? What If I come back, play worse than I did this year, and lose money? Or even worse, what If I get hurt?

These are a ton of decisions to make. Like I said, I dont think AB is ready.. He really has to work on his jumper, learn to drive to the basket more and use his speed to his advantage. He still has work to be done, but its a very tough choice to make.
 
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