Azubuike24;1426744 wrote:Copied directly from RR. From Chad Ford...people called it overblown when guys wanted to avoid the competition of next year's "stacked draft" and enter this year's "weak draft", but it's becoming a reality.
"So far, only 2 players in our Top 30 - Willie Cauley-Stein & Alex
Poythress - are returning to school. That has to be some kind of record"
"Apparently underclassmen are getting the memo that next year's draft class is loaded … but it's not THAT loaded."
"Just cleaned up In and Out of NBA Draft file. 30 NCAA underclassmen have declared."
"Just one player in our Top 5 -- Marcus Smart -- has not declared."
"Other big names we're waiting on: Shabazz Muhammad, Kelly Olynyk, Gary Harris, Isaiah Austin, Glen Robinson III, Mitch McGary, Adreian Payne"
"New Big Board. Noel still No. 1 but lots of shake-ups after that..."
There is no doubt that next's year's class is looming large in the minds of the 2013 field. I imagine that, when it's all said and done, Doug McDermott will be the only major upperclassman to return. We're still waiting the verdict on a couple of the bigger guys, but they'd be fucking crazy to come back. There's no doubt in my mind that if this year's class would have been as stacked as next year's, Mason Plumlee would have left Duke after three years.
Next year is going to be so much fun with all the new talent. Cannot wait.
