HoosierPal Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 A hand injury kept him out of all but 3 games. Supposed to be a good defender/rebounder and a work in progress offensively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 The NBA released the 283 players who have filed as Early Entry Candidates. Kyle Lofton from St. B and Camara from Dayton are A10 notables on that list that I was unaware had filed. Let's see. NBA drafts 60 players, including foreign and G-League based players from the 2 HS teams. Odds aren't very good if you are on this list. https://pr.nba.com/nba-announces-early-entry-candidates-for-nba-draft-2022-presented-by-state-farm/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: The NBA released the 283 players who have filed as Early Entry Candidates. Kyle Lofton from St. B and Camara from Dayton are A10 notables on that list that I wa unaware had filed. Let's see. NBA drafts 60 players, including foreign and G-League based players from the 2 HS teams. Odds aren't very good if you are on this list. https://pr.nba.com/nba-announces-early-entry-candidates-for-nba-draft-2022-presented-by-state-farm/ Hoosier, it is like Power Ball, if you do not get in (buy a ticket) you have no chance, if you get in the list you have a very small chance of making it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: The NBA released the 283 players who have filed as Early Entry Candidates. Kyle Lofton from St. B and Camara from Dayton are A10 notables on that list that I wa unaware had filed. Let's see. NBA drafts 60 players, including foreign and G-League based players from the 2 HS teams. Odds aren't very good if you are on this list. https://pr.nba.com/nba-announces-early-entry-candidates-for-nba-draft-2022-presented-by-state-farm/ I've seen a lot of folks (you included?) throwing shade at the gigantic number of these "early" entry players who have very little chance of being drafted. People need to keep in mind that the "early" entry number is inflated because of the extra COVID year of eligibility. Lofton, for example, played 4 years at St Bonaventure. I'm assuming he'll get his undergraduate degree this spring if he doesn't already have it. He normally would not be an early entry at all. If you're in his shoes and likely going to play basketball professionally somewhere other than the NBA, it makes no sense NOT to put your name in the draft. NBA also allows players to enter while maintaining their college eligibility and later withdraw before June 13th after the evaluation process. Jordan Goodwin & Hasahn French did this after their junior years. For healthy & talented players with remotely realistic NBA hopes, it means no sense NOT to put your name in, get the feedback & later withdraw. I'd imagine that very few of these players are guys without undergrad degrees who will stay in the draft pool past the deadline, go undrafted and have little chance at an NBA deal as an undrafted free agent. The few who do are probably making a bad life choice, but college isn't for everyone and they may have a chance to earn good money playing professionally elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 15 hours ago, HoosierPal said: -I take this to mean Lee is gone, that's bad for the A10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Cowboy II said: -I take this to mean Lee is gone, that's bad for the A10 In an interview, he said he’s “Turning pro, hiring an agent, and looking for a management company.” IOW, he gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 There seems to be a trend of more and more applying for early entry. 2016-162 2017-182 2018-236 2019-233 I left out the Covid years for better comparison. The vast majority of these withdrew from the draft. As long as there is no cost to the student, why not see what feedback they get? Most of these players are going to end up heading back to school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 So in 2019 if all 64 picks came from the 233 131 would go back to school. they are all dreaming. anyone of us could tell most on that list they weren't going anywhere. If u r NBA material u will from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said: There seems to be a trend of more and more applying for early entry. 2016-162 2017-182 2018-236 2019-233 I left out the Covid years for better comparison. The vast majority of these withdrew from the draft. As long as there is no cost to the student, why not see what feedback they get? Most of these players are going to end up heading back to school. Are those numbers the guys who entered or the guys who ultimately stayed in the draft? I know NCAA has tweaked the early entry rules now to generally make them more favorable to college players entering and being able to return later. Unsure of the timing on all the rule changes, but I'm sure they had an impact on the numbers. If I recall correctly, the original rule was you couldn't enter at all or you'd lose college eligibility. Next, they allowed a one time early entry and withdrawal without losing college eligibility as long as you didn't hire an agent. Now, you can have an agent/advisor as long as they are approved by the NCAA and enter / withdraw as many years as you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Elrond Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Those were the guys who entered. In 2019, only 91 of them stuck around for the draft, the rest withdrew and preserved their eligibility for college. I would say it’s safe to assume that a very large number of the ones who are exploring the NBA as underclassmen will withdraw after getting their evaluation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: I wonder if the Iron 5 are just waiting to see if one breaks loose, and then the rest will depart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 6 hours ago, AnkielBreakers said: I wonder if the Iron 5 are just waiting to see if one breaks loose, and then the rest will depart. Adaway and Holmes are for sure gone. Welch likely gone. Osunniyi and Lofton TBD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 16 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Adaway and Holmes are for sure gone. Welch likely gone. Osunniyi and Lofton TBD. Lofton is probably gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Mark Schmidt right now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stmdragons Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 minute ago, RUBillsFan said: Lofton is probably gone I wonder if there's a small part of Schmidt that now regrets not taking the UMass job. Bona just doesn't seem like the type of program that can sustain success in this new era of NIL and the portal. cheeseman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old guy Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 17 hours ago, stmdragons said: I wonder if there's a small part of Schmidt that now regrets not taking the UMass job. Bona just doesn't seem like the type of program that can sustain success in this new era of NIL and the portal. I think St. Bona is much smaller in size and in numbers of alumni than SLU is. If we are headed for trouble in the NIL environment, it may hit St. Bona much worse than it will hit us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoosierPal Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 G/F from Hartford. 10.7 ppg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 Man --- go away for eight days and the list keep growing. So I believe I updated the first post of this thread to reflect who is coming and who is goin int he A10. One-stop shopping hopefully as we move towards May 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 12 hours more to some stability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 16 hours ago, HoosierPal said: That was quick. Anyone smell a little tampering on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 St B’s getting decimated. Osuniyi and Lofton will likely get some P5 activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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