At this point I don’t even see how an NBA team takes a chance on Wagner with a first round pick…He may very well be back to get his degree.
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I mean we are still in the first half of the season and he has filled in some gaps in his game (eg rebounding). There is still plenty of time to make himself relevant. Just think how much DJ increased his stock in the last month and a half of the season. That said, I think and hope that he will stay.
I have to believe that we will have attrition this year, one way or another
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*Acknowledging I’m participating in derailing the thread *
But Moe almost earned a draft pick off one great primetime March game against a premiere opponent. If Mo strings together a couple of similar performances in the last 1/3-1/4 of the season, he could replicate the feat. But, if his inconsistency flares up in March, then he could easily undo last year’s emergence.
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Yes, Im guilty as well…but my point is the Mo to the NBA hype went crazy last year after one game in the tourney and quickly diminished after they got a real close look at him and broke down his game. In fact, I think I read that some thought he could have even gone undrafted. The last couple draft boards I’ve looked at haven’t listed him in the first round either.
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I may have started the derailing, or at least participated in it! Sorry guys!
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Hey guys, please try to keep updates on 2018 commits in their own player threads. Will be a lot easier to sort through and probably avoid some of the more pointless arguments that these other threads have turned into. No need to double post in each spot either.
Not sure where to put this, but it’s somewhat relevant and found it interesting. Thomas Kithier (MSU commit) ruled ineligible for entire high school season. Was going to team with Foster Loyer and Taylor Currie at Clarkston
Wow, that really sucks for the kid, but it seems to be a clear violation.
Heard he would go Prep the rest of the season to get some games under his belt going into MSU if he got ruled ineligible. Will be interesting to see if he does leave now.
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Can he enroll early at Msu?
Not sure. Based on the team they have they likely don’t need him or have a roster spot available anyways. Plus, their frontcourt depth is one of the main reasons they are so good this year. Don’t see Kithier having any role for MSU’s team this season regardless.
Yeah, I was thinking it would be similar to a football early enrollment. Just participate in practice and maybe pay hiw own way for 1 semester. Seems better than enrolling in prep school just to get some court time.
Probably would be hard (impossible?) to get everything together in time to graduate in the span of a couple weeks when you weren’t planning on it.
Wouldn’t seem to make much sense to enroll early and use up a semester of eligibility. I guess you could RS him. But what if he’s deemed not ready next year? Lose your chance to RS him next season
Well I agree with that, I don’t think enrolling early would be his best move at all.
Football EEs don’t need to pay their own way and it doesn’t effect their eligibility. Basketball’s schedule poses problems football doesn’t face.
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That’s why I said pay his own way. No scholarship impact.
Still costs him half a season’s eligibility.
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Didn’t Dennis Smith enroll early at semester? I know that he was injured and recovering. Also pretty close to a no-brained one and done…
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