OT: Mo Bamba Entering NBA Draft
Since he was on our radar screen, thought this would be of some interest. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22847251/mohamed-bamba-texas-longhorns-says-entering-nba-draft
Appendices:
1. We didn't need him anyway.
2. Whereabouts of his brother, La, are unknown.
He's FINALLY going to get paid!
....yeah, paid more.
/s
"Bombas Away!"
I too believe he was unripe and only fit for green boys.
Of alcohol and auto correct by my estimation..
You made my brain hurt.
Dude averaged 12-10 in a P5 conference ,with 3.7 blocks and showed he can hit some three, and you think JB just now might be letting him play......
Because Wags can't help himself, but I think he doesn't see nearly the same numbers here vs. Texas. Still though, probably doesn't even matter would leave and get paid handsomely.
He ain't skinny or slow.
It's tough not to be skinny when you're 19 years old and seven feet tall.
one needs a little grace
Did we watch the same Mo Bamba? He sure as hell ain't slow, and he'll put on weight when he gets in a legit weight and training program in the NBA. He has an 8 foot wingspan, which is the longest by far in the nba, he has great leaping ability and he's very athletic. I think his floor is Tyson Chandler, and his ceiling is a more mobile Rudy Gobert.
to football
I only saw him a few times but he is not rotation ready NBA. He needs to develop skills. I am usually all for guys going who will be drafted high but he needs development and the NBA is not the place for that.
People always say this. Of course the NBA is the place for the development. I can't imagine how more coaches focused specifically on your game, having no school distractions and playing against better competition every day could be good for development. Look how many big guys become much better shooters after a few years in the league, how much more in shape they get, the increased stamina, etc. The NBA develops players, you go to college to get into the nba, not to develop your game for it.
The issue, allegedly, is that guys ride the bench and don't get game experience. But, as others have said, there's lots of important development that happens outside of games. The point is that a team isn't going to draft Bamba because he's rotation-ready. They'll draft him because with his physical tools he has the potential to become something special.
The longer he plays in college, the longer that special doesn't come out, the less likely they are to think that.
Agree. If you are a lottery pick you have to go. I didn't realize he was rated that high. You get the gauranteed money, and whatever team picks you is leveraged and has incentive to be patient.
When you are out of the rotation, your game doesn't develop. That is why the NBA bought its own league. If you are good enough to make a seven or eight man rotation, you are right. I don't think Mo Bama is. He will languish on the bench. You can only devleop in the NBA if you are already good enough to get playing time, and I don't think he is.
I agree that as a general matter guys shouldn't be forced to go to college in order to get to the NBA.
I see some mock drafts have him in the top five. That being the case, I guess he has to go.
Most guys aren't ready for big minutes coming out of college, especially in terms of understanding the intracacies of NBA defense. In any case, your game absolutely can develop while not playing. There are all sorts of things an individual player can improve while not playing, plus you have far more time to work on your craft while not being (or depending on the school, pretending to be) a student. In any case, a high draft pick is likely going to a team that will be bad the following year too, so they'll have an incentive to play young guys more.
players will develop more sitting in History 347: The Civil War rather than practicing jumpers and defensive rotations before practice.
I'm sure all three Texas basketball fans are content in the fact that even though they didn't win a tournament game, at least they got Bamba to go there for a year instead of Ann Arbor, while Michigan has to console itself with a lousy conference tournament title and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen (and a win in Austin, but who's counting?).