ESPN: Right call? The undrafted underclassmen - Vander Blue

[Tugg Speedman]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/85899/right-call-10-undrafted-players

Vander Blue (Marquette) -- This was a classic case of "instant draft buzz," I think. Blue had a stellar postseason and led Marquette to the Elite Eight. That effort included a 29-point barrage against Butler in the round of 32, but also included a 3-for-15 performance in a 55-39 loss to Syracuse in the regional final. But the perception about his NBA future had shifted dramatically during Marquette's run in the Big Dance. Blue could have entered 2013-14 as a preseason All-American. I wasn't surprised when he entered the draft. I was surprised when he stayed in the draft. The 6-4 wing will have to find another way into the league.

[Groin_pull]

Sounds about right. Did himself a lot of harm. Now he has to deal with the consequences. There are worse things than living and working in Europe...but it's certainly not the NBA.

Wish VB the best. He may have a very long road ahead of him.

[keefe]

Sounds about right. Did himself a lot of harm. Now he has to deal with the consequences. There are worse things than living and working in Europe...but it's certainly not the NBA.

Wish VB the best. He may have a very long road ahead of him.

I understand how his life's ambition is to play in the NBA. But the opportunity to live and "work" in Europe is a superlative consolation prize. I was paid to fly jets in England and Germany as a young man and regretted not a second. The fact of VB's potential reality is that he will be paid to play basketball in a center of an ancient culture rather than lead a life of quiet desperation in a suburban cube farm/mall/condo gulag. I struggle to see how that is akin to a Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.   

[Sir Lawrence]

I understand how his life's ambition is to play in the NBA. But the opportunity to live and "work" in Europe is a superlative consolation prize. I was paid to fly jets in England and Germany as a young man and regretted not a second. The fact of VB's potential reality is that he will be paid to play basketball in a center of an ancient culture rather than lead a life of quiet desperation in a suburban cube farm/mall/condo gulag. I struggle to see how that is akin to a Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.   

So long as he doesn't play for the Karaganda Komets.

[reinko]

Sounds about right. Did himself a lot of harm. Now he has to deal with the consequences. There are worse things than living and working in Europe...but it's certainly not the NBA.

Wish VB the best. He may have a very long road ahead of him.

According to another thread,  you don't wish him the best.