DeAndre Jordan declares

I don't know, and I don't mean to preach. I get the same feeling reading so and so is an "idiot" here as I do on aggy boards. It just seems a little over the top and provincial. I don't think Jamaal or Jermichael will set the league on fire in football but their decisions are their own and I wish them the best of luck, but are they idiots for trying? Having raised a teen, I know a lot of decisions might seem ill advised, but I am hard pressed to think an idiot was making the decision.

Not to mention none of my own's idiotic decisions could end with a sweet multi-million pay check.
 
Another year at A&M would simply be another year for scouts to realize that Jordan is a raw and unskilled 7-footer.

He's smart to sell before that stock drops any further.
 
Last time I heard, he was going to be a 1st round pick. That means go. The NBA drafts on potential. It's much better to go when you can if you're a 1st rounder rather than risk not living up to your potential and sinking.
 
Leaving "raw" as a potentially awesome basketball player is so much different than football. The pros just know how to get it out of them, especially since it's a job. And there's more of a patience factor with the development.

Dummies who can't handle the ball and already hit their ceiling always fail. This is why Mo Evans is still around in the league, and certain others are not.
 
"It's better to leave now while people just think you suck than to stick around and remove all doubt."

Another year like this past one and the kid might lose out on the "he has so much potential" mantra that currently surrounds him with so many scouts.
 
so....are they stuck with his ****** aau coach...or does he get his walking papers so that they have room to hire the next guy's coach that they have no shot at otherwise?


I am sure that the highly ranked high school basketball players are just dying to get to aggy to get "developed"
 
Dwight Howard? c'mon...if you wanted to say Aldridge or Bynum, maybe. Dwight Howard is a physical beast. Jordan will have to hit the weight room everyday for the next 5 years to get even close to Howard's size.

that said, a very accepted theory suggests that the longer you stay in school, the longer scouts have to take a look at your game and find deficiencies. it can work either way. IF you come back have a dominant year -- like Aldridge did in his sophomore season -- you shoot up the draft board. if you come back and don't play well, your stock falls. there are plenty of seven footers that don't get drafted -- granted, most of them aren't as athletic as Jordan. still, there's risk in coming back and trying to improve your stock.

Jordan sort of reminds me of Patrick O'Bryant from Bradley (maybe it was Butler) a few years ago. big difference being that Jordan has always been on the NBA's radar.

the college game isn't the best place for big men to shine. take a look at Roy Hibbert. he was squarely pegged as a late lottery pick the past few years. he came back. now pundits are suggesting that he's too slow, not athletic, and doesn't fit into today's NBA game. that's not what they were saying 2 years ago.

given the situation in B/CS with Jordan -- the playing time and how he's being "received" by fans (and arguably the coaching staff), I don't think he's making a bad decision at all. some scouts are still convinced he's the next Andrew Bynum so he'll go in the first round and get guaranteed money. if he sticks around and doesn't improve, the "potential" disappears and the draft stock slips.

just my opinion here...I recognize the other side of the argument, I just personally think he'd be best served to come out this year.
 
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