Ive seen alot in various places on Nas dropping. Some blame the system at UNC. However, why don't we hear as much about Reid from Kentucky, Bolden from Duke, etc that dropped to undrafted free agent? Or more on how White and Cam became lottery picks at UNC?
Narrative on programs that help players get drafted
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It’s a myth, perpetrated by mostly uk fans. Get the highest recruits and if the play up to their hype, they’ll go high in the draft, if not, they won’t. The NBA is chalk full of examples of “nobody’s” earning playing time and “can’t miss” guys over seas.
37 (or is it 38?) NBA rings worn by Tar Heels proves it a myth. No other program comes close.
37 (or is it 38?) NBA rings worn by Tar Heels proves it a myth. No other program comes close.
It's true, I mean, look at how Roy hurt Coby and Cam this year....oh, wait......
A lie repeated enough times gets assumed to be true, our rivals have repeated this lie to the point that is is now assumed to be true to some degree.Truth is NBA GMs have always seemed to appreciate the players refinement in the game coming from UNC and more than once I have heard NBA folks talk about how under prepared duke players seem to be, same for Ky. But those that do the negative recruiting, well they don't have much time for the truth, not when a lie works better for them.
There is a new spin on this, it goes, why should you have to learn to play in such a difficult offense at UNC when you will never play in that offense in the NBA? Now that is a BS question but it seems to be one that has caught some traction with a lot of recruits.
Fact is, we run most often free lance offensively but it is free lance with precepts, if the defender does this you do that and your mate sets a screen here, type of thing. Far different from what you saw duke do last season for example, their basic offense was this time down is Zion's turn to go one on one, next time is is Barret's turn, it is a bunch of one on one play? Ky, Kalipari loves to call it the dribble drive, really hard, you have the ball you drive, if you can't finish you pass it or toss up a prayer? he duke and Ky examples are plans that let a kid do what he has always done, be it on the hard wood or on the black top.
Here is the point, if you can learn to play within 1 system that forces you to do things you have never done before and be successful then it shows that you can adapt to most any scheme the NBA teams play within. True is the NBA plays a lot of free lance mixed in with a LOT of isolation (one on one) but not all teams play the same way and there will always be new schemes that are developed that require players to adapt. Learning to do that at the college level is a positive not a negative.
When a company is paying you a bunch of millions a year you better learn to adapt to what ever they need you to do or seek employ elsewhere. But yet again, this lie has been told so many times that kids seem to buy in to it to some extent.
