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ESPN 2022 NBA Mock Draft Update as of this morning.Justin Lewis 35th Overall Pick.
Selfishly, I want JL to be around next season. Heck, I'd love to see him on our team for 2 more years.But I'm really rooting for him to play his way into the first round. He's got a lot of heart and a good amount of talent, too. He's barely scratched the surface of what he can be.
Can't imagine a scenario where he is back. Good for him!
Lewis at #35 overall in 2022?? I'm no pessimist, but that sounds COMPLETELY decoupled from reality. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of Jaquez and Juzang from UCLA.If he has a breakout season from here on in, he might have a chance to go that high. But as of today I have to believe that's at least 20 picks too high.
Lewis is undersized power forward and not good enough shooter to be a small forward. He needs at least 1 more year in college. I watched DJ Carton in the G leaguegame and he really needed more time in college. He is very athletic but has no mid range game, no jumper what so ever, and a very slow release on his 3 point shot.He did not look to happy sitting on the bench. Lewis will be doing the same thing, playing in the G league infront of no fans, should stay.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Needing more time in college is irrelevant to most kids when money gets introduced. Why go to college and have to take classes, and trudge through Milwaukee winters when you can focus on basketball 100% of the time AND get paid? Justin has very little shot of playing in the NBA next year, but I fully expect him to be cashing a paycheck to play. And its hard to blame him. Would another year playing against lesser players help his NBA chances? Maybe. Maybe not. But its a tough thing to sell when you're walking away from $.
Lewis can be collecting a paycheck at MU next year. The NIL might end being a very good thing for the program because they are not competing with a football team for money. If I were Shaka and would be recruiting NIL money as much as I was recruiting players. There is plenty of $$$ to support the MU program and it needs to be tapped into. I hope we exceed the luxury tax in short order.
Guys, Lewis can be collecting a paycheck at MU next year. The NIL might end being a very good thing for the program because they are not competing with a football team for money. If I were Shaka and would be recruiting NIL money as much as I was recruiting players. There is plenty of $$$ to support the MU program and it needs to be tapped into. I hope we exceed the luxury tax in short order.
There is plenty of dough out there to help make the guys live a little bit nicer. We are a basketball school and only need to support 12 guys vs. a football school and there are more than enough guys to foot the bill. The sooner they start to win, the easier it is getting into booster's pockets. Hell, I gladly would volunteer to chase down easy money for the guys.
I assume there is an ocean between making enough money to "live a little nicer" via NIL and making a couple hundred grand to play overseas, or make less $ in the G League but chase your dream of playing in the NBA. I don't know enough about NIL to know what kind of $ Justin could bring in next year via that. But I have to imagine its miniscule compared to what he could make professionally. This stuff matters. You also have to consider the high number of blue blood type prgorams that are certain to be reaching out via back channels to tell him to come hone his skills there for a year before the NBA. Really hope the kid comes back. It will make an enormous difference on what next season looks like. Justin is a really good player. But its naïve to expect very many really good high major players to last 4 or even 3 years in one place these days.
Speaking of NIL moneyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CXykJJQLCq-/?utm_medium=copy_linkJustin is on the board as of this morning per his Instagram page.
Yes. 35 in 2022, meaning he likely has about 3 months left at Marquette. Could he benefit from another year here, of course, but guys typically head out ASAP.Unfortunate for the outlook of next season, but you have to be happy for the kid.
happy for him if he’s a 1st round NBA draft choice. For sure. 2nd rd pick? Don’t go.
Great to see that. Or, how 'bout ... 2nd rd pick? Go if that's what you want to do, or stay if that's what you want to do.[/quote. I stated an opinion. Why the dick factor?