cjbulls wrote:johnnyvann840 wrote:kodo wrote:
That has nothing to do with development paths.
At point X which is the same for two players, both players performed the same.
When each player chooses to enter the draft is irrelevant.
If Reddish stays 1 more year almost certainly his #s skyrocket without RJ and Zion on the team. That shouldn’t make him a better pick next year, he’s still Cam Reddish.
This is such flawed logic. The fact is his numbers were what they were and he isn't going back to school. If he did and actually improved he would be a MUCH better pick, because he would have actually shown something before being drafted. But he hasn't shown anything except that he sucked ass. And why would his numbers skyrocket without RJ and Zion? Maybe his PPG would, but would his efficiency? I would say it likely gets worse without those guys getting all the defensive attention. Reddish was missing wide open looks, he turned the ball over more than he assisted two of the top 5 picks in his draft. He didn't rebound anything that didn't come right to him. He was flat out awful.
I don't understand the flawed logic here. It's fair to compare freshman numbers to another players freshman numbers. Just because the NBA didn't want Iguodala after that year doesn't change the comparison.
Reddish is coming out because he's going to get drafted top 10 and this is the earliest the NBA will let him be drafted. If Iguodala was projected as a top 10 pick after his freshman year, he would have came out as well, and almost certainly would have become the same player.
It's flawed logic because the logic is flawed. Period. Sure you can compare their frosh numbers, but you cannot compare something that doesn't happen to something that does. Iggy came back and improved, therefore, he WAS a better pick because he actually proved something before a team had to bet on him. Cam will not get that opportunity, so he remains a bigger gamble because of the unseen. It's simple.
