Wojo on Rothstein's Podcast

[MuMark]

Considering 1.1% of NCAA D1 Men’s basketball teams make the Final Four each year, just about every program in the country will lose “the vast majority of the time.”

So guys who averaged 14 and 13 ppg last season were stars? Interesting. Then I guess we had 2 megastars considering we had 2 guys averaging 20 ppg.

The NBA doesn't draft on college production.  A 6th man went 17th overall.  Marvin Williams was the #2 overall pick in his Draft and was a 6th man in college.  The #4 pick in this year's draft averaged 11 and 6 in college.  The #14 pick in the draft had a career record of 0-2 in games played and was horrendous in his 2 games played.  The #15 pick averaged 11 and 6.

Meanwhile, a guy like Trevon Bluiett went undrafted.  So I guess you'd consider Troy Brown Jr. more of a college star than Tre Bluiett?  Pretty awful criteria.

Need I continue?  Using NBA Draft selections to determine whether or not a college player was a star or not is beyond silly.

“#3 rated defense in the NCAA” is a star player? Seems to me that’s more of a...team thing? Hmm... 🤔

Speaking of Bluiett both he and Markus Derrickson had monster games in the Vegas Summer league opener last night.

[WarriorDad]

Depth is a nice but overrated quality. Stars are more important. Who is this team's George Thompson, Dean Meminger, Jim Chones, Mo Lucas, Bo Ellis, Earl Tatum, Butch Lee, D Wade, JFB or Jae Crowder? Without one I don't see an Elite 8 or a FF. I would be ecstatic with a S16.

Depth is not overrated if it is quality depth.  Allows for more than a few guys to have bad nights and still come out on top.  I would like a guy that can get you a basket in a pinch like those you mention, but teams can win without a stud if many other good options exist.