Scholarship table
It's probably already been mentioned somewhere in here, but Justin and others in his position have until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to withdraw his name from the pool of players eligible for the NBA Draft.
Is that Eastern or time zone dependent? Just want to be accurate here.
The “Justin looks lazy/disinterested” horse. Challenging “Vanilla Soft Serve” and “Markus = Cancer” as dumbest, most overused “jokes” in Scoopdom.
I nominate every Hauser/letter reference to your list of dumb, overused, stopped being funny more than a year ago "jokes".
Quite certain it's eastern time, as I read it in The Athletic.I'm guessing we won't find out about all the athletes who decided to stay in college or stay in the draft until Thursday morning, though maybe JL and/or Marquette will make some kind of announcement or social media post before then.
Justin is back on campus in Milwaukee. At one point, he did say he would announce on June 1, so I'm guessing they'll set something up for tomorrow. I wasn't optimistic, but seeing all the announcements of guys coming back, including guys whose stock was clearly higher than Justin's (Terquavion Smith) I'm starting to wonder.
He is not on Campus.
He was yesterday, now it looks like he's out of town. Less encouraging, for sure.
Also, a player in the same range as Justin leaving the draft makes it more likely that Justin stays in the draft. He will be "one pick higher".
The teams that Justin has been linked to (Indiana, Orlando, and Toronto) all have picks early in the 2nd round. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go 31-35.
He came back to see if his bag was ready. If it is not full enough, he gowne.
Here is my analysis. There are approximately 88 jobs available. 58 Draft picks and approximately 30 two way contracts ( half of the available 60 as some will go to existing two way players). I believe Justin is in the top 88 players in the draft. So Justin can get something better than a Section 10 /g league contract if he stays in the draft.MU will need to come up with an equivalent to a two way contract , which was 462,500 last year, to essentially have a shot at recruiting Justin to stay. MU is essentially in Rod Tidwell/Jerry McGuire mode.
Your two-way estimate is a massive, massive overestimate. You have to remember first that many of the two-way contracts will go to players that were, indeed, drafted. Last year set the record for the number of undrafted players given two-way contracts, and it was just 14.Last year, there were 56 players on two-way contracts. This was the breakdown by draft-eligible year:2016: 2 Undrafted / 0 Drafted (2)2017: 3 Undrafted / 1 Drafted (4)2018: 4 Undrafted / 2 Drafted (6)2019: 5 Undrafted / 3 Drafted (8)2020: 12 Undrafted / 4 Drafted (16)2021: 14 Undrafted / 6 Drafted (20)Initially, there were more drafted players on two-way deals. 10 players were given two-way deals on their draft position but 4 were later converted to full NBA contracts.In terms of second round deals overall, here is the running tally of (at least partially) guaranteed deals given out in the past 6 drafts, including two-way deals:2016: 21 Guaranteed / 0 Two-way2017: 16 Guaranteed / 5 Two-way2018: 20 Guaranteed / 4 Two-way2019: 18 Guaranteed / 8 Two-way2020: 16 Guaranteed / 10 Two-way2021: 15 Guaranteed / 10 Two-wayIf he's drafted, it's about an 80% chance he ends up with a two-way or better contract offer. However, here's the number of early entrants and international eligible players in those years:2016: 1622017: 1822018: 2362019: 2332020: 2052021: 192 (Not including college seniors that declared)Without digging completely into the numbers (which would take more time than I have right now) that means there's a little less than a 10% chance of getting a two-way deal if you are an undrafted free agent. Maybe Justin ends up one of those 10-15 undrafted players that end up with one, but it certainly won't be 30 and it is a far riskier proposition if you aren't one of the guys who hears their name on Draft night.
He ain't staying in the draft to get a 2 way contract. He could get that next year and the year after if he stayed at MU and all went south.He's either getting a draft guarantee in a range he is comfortable with or he's coming back.
MU will need to come up with an equivalent to a two way contract , which was 462,500 last year, to essentially have a shot at recruiting Justin to stay. MU is essentially in Rod Tidwell/Jerry McGuire mode.
This all assumes that it's only about money. Not a single person here has any idea what Justin is thinking about right now.