Isaiah Todd decommits from Michigan, will pursue pro opportunities

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I for one am happy to avoid all the prima donna drama

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3 of the 7 kids signed in Penny’s first class were from Memphis … and kids Penny had a pre-existing relationship with from his time on the high school/AAU circuit. Including Wiseman, the nation’s #1 recruit.

Penny’s first class would be more akin to Juwan landing his son, Jett, plus Bronny James, and a couple of their friends for his first recruiting class.

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And apparently kids Penny personally paid to bring to Memphis. :slight_smile:

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I agree with the comment earlier that X’s drop some on defense was due to his increase in muscle mass effecting his quickness.

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Todd could get eaten up in the g league, he’d be better off going the bazley route IMO. NBA loves the unknown.

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Yeah I really don’t think that’s a good idea for him. But maybe scouts won’t care if he gets killed?

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I think they’ll care. Todd doesn’t know that he’d get killed though

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Is it really much different than arguing for the one and done rule to go away then?

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I think the difference is that G-League teams have no incentive to feature you or develop you when you are on a G-League Select deal because you are going to the draft anyway.

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Isn’t the whole point of these deals to draw eyeballs? So I’d imagine it’d be owner mandated, particularly since there’s barely any investment in most of these G-League players. If the 12th man on a G League team gets screwed out of playing time in order to showcase a teenager who’s not ready, it doesn’t change much for the G League owner.

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G-league teams are ran on tight budgets too, the strength training and nutrition is no where near what it is at top college programs.

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The should have a separate “g-league select” team, that way the incentives aren’t misaligned

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Probably something they would want to do but I’m not sure they have the volume.

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On the whole, I think this is all a terrible decision by Todd. Whatever, it’s his problem now.

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Best shot at just what?

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I think if a guy is going to commit to a G-League season and sign a select contract they should be eligible for the draft right away on the condition that they’ll play their entire first season in the G-League. This way at least they’ll be going to a team that has an interest in developing them properly.

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Jeez I didn’t proofread that at all, my bad.

I meant that Todd’s best shot at making it to the NBA would’ve been through college, specifically UM. He would have been able to play through his mistakes here as a highly recruited 5 star, and because a focus of Juwan definitely would’ve been to get him to the league. Going overseas, I think he runs the risk of barely playing with/against better competition, and if he does play, he runs the risk of looking like he doesn’t belong in the pros. There’s also not much incentive from a pro coach to play him through his mistakes knowing that his intention isn’t to stay.

Going overseas may have made sense for a guy like Christopher, who is definitely more pro-ready, but I think it’s a mistake for Todd that he doesn’t realize.

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Honestly, I think the roster construction here made Todd’s time in Ann Arbor pretty fraught with danger, especially if his priority was only being here for one year. I think everyone on this site that penned a “here’s my rotation for next year” is familiar with why. Obviously, Isaiah Livers’ decision weighs pretty heavily here.

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