Gordon Hayward staying in NBA Draft

[tornado]

Indy Star reporting he is not going to pull out and will go in this year's draft..
Can't blame him, his stock will likely never be higher......

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100505/SPORTS0605/100505020/Butler-s-Gordon-Hayward-to-stay-in-NBA-draft

[thefish7]

Probably the right decision for him. Hurts butler though. I'll be rootin for him in the NBA.

[SFP]

No surprise here! I wish him luck.

[Future Walk-On]

FAIL. He will not make it. Book it.

[Braves4Life]

FAIL. He will not make it. Book it.

I could see him developing a lot like Anthony Parker. Hopefully, he'll show enough strength and promise in the first 3 years to stay in the league. I think he has the potential to be a good player in the mold of AP.

[thefish7]

Or in the mold of Larry bird. I think he could make a better pro than ap because of his height. Incidentally you can't "FAIL" when you get a two year guaranteed NBA contract. Just ask pob.

[Dallas Brave]

I hope it works out better for him than it did for POB. I think we can now all agree that POB's early departure for the NBA was a mistake. He needed at least one, maybe 2 more years at the college level.

[shaunguth]

I think we can now all agree that POB's early departure for the NBA was a mistake. He needed at least one, maybe 2 more years at the college level.

A mistake in terms of a productive/successful NBA career......possibly.

A mistake in terms of taking advantage of the timing/opportunity that was presented to him.......no.

[amckillip]

A mistake in terms of a productive/successful NBA career......yes.

A mistake in terms of taking advantage of the timing/opportunity that was presented to him.......no.

Agreed, POB definitely maximized his earning potential. If a failure means making more in a few years than most people here will make in a lifetime sign me up to be success' enemy!

[Dallas Brave]

Agreed, POB definitely maximized his earning potential. If a failure means making more in a few years than most people here will make in a lifetime sign me up to be success' enemy!

I think just the opposite. POB practically minimized his actual NBA earnings for having been a lottery draft pick. If he had delayed going pro two years, he would have been much better postioned to have had a stronger rookie season and established the base for a 6-10 year pro career. As it was, he got minimal money and never established himself to get a a solid second contract which is where you begin to make serious money as a pro. By NBA lottery standards and by lifetime earning potential, he screwed up.

[Braves4Life]

I think just the opposite. POB practically minimized his actual NBA earnings for having been a lottery draft pick. If he had delayed going pro two years, he would have been much better postioned to have had a stronger rookie season and established the base for a 6-10 year pro career. As it was, he got minimal money and never established himself to get a a solid second contract which is where you begin to make serious money as a pro. By NBA lottery standards and by lifetime earning potential, he screwed up.

Disagree! He had much more practice time and individual instruction as a pro than he would have gotten while at BU. In fact, had he stayed, he might have been exposed for what he really was. Let's face it, POB is what he is. He was extremely smart to enter the draft while he was a hot commodity and in demand. I believe staying at BU might have COST him millions.

[Future Walk-On]

I am saying I don't think Gordon will have a prolonged career of success in the league. Not saying he won't make bank from the draft though.

[thefish7]

Yeah, I guess for me, I don't see how two years at college make POB a better pro than two years in the pros... Playing more games against better competition. He's coming off his fourth season as a pro, and has made, I think, at least around $5M. I don't know why we would think that 2 more years at Bradley would have made his third season as a pro anything better than it was. I'd love nothing more than for POB to become a big-time NBA player, but after 4 years in the pros, I don't think how many years he chose to stay in college has anything to with it.

What it all tells me is that his stock was not likely to stay as high as it was in 2006 even if he stayed healthy... So he'd have been drafted lower, if at all, and made less money than he did, just to prove he's a marginal pro center.

[BUfan14]

Good luck to Gordon, either way it will be interesting to follow his career.

[amckillip]

Yeah, I guess for me, I don't see how two years at college make POB a better pro than two years in the pros... Playing more games against better competition. He's coming off his fourth season as a pro, and has made, I think, at least around $5M. I don't know why we would think that 2 more years at Bradley would have made his third season as a pro anything better than it was. I'd love nothing more than for POB to become a big-time NBA player, but after 4 years in the pros, I don't think how many years he chose to stay in college has anything to with it.

What it all tells me is that his stock was not likely to stay as high as it was in 2006 even if he stayed healthy... So he'd have been drafted lower, if at all, and made less money than he did, just to prove he's a marginal pro center.

$7.39 Million to date... And he's likely to make money playing basketball for a while. Lets say you make a great salary out of college, 60k and assuming a 5% raise a year (generous) it would take 40 years of working to make that at a final salary over $400K, and lets not even get into the time value of money... Anyone still think he made the wrong decision???

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/obryapa01.html