Parker>Warren

3/11/2014 9:57:52 PM

Scoreboard ACC POY voting bitch

3/11/2014 9:58:33 PM

Cildress had Duncan. we have vandynberg. EVERN BETTER AMIRITE?

3/11/2014 10:08:13 PM

jordyn vandynberg

3/11/2014 10:13:15 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckOULenKxiQ

3/11/2014 10:58:18 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/do-players-develop-better-in-the-pros-or-in-college--the-stats-are-unclear-001620476.html

3/12/2014 12:04:59 AM

Quote :

"Shut these NIT fuckers up."

who are these "NIT fuckers"?

3/12/2014 12:42:32 AM

Everyone?

3/12/2014 7:11:55 AM

I don't really follow the NBA much, so this might be a naive question...

To Mark Cuban's point, why don't many of the 1 and done prospects who have a lot of buzz coming out of high school just go to the D league, get paid immediately, and not have to worry about all of the bullshit that comes with being a "student" athlete?

seems they could focus solely on basketball, and if they play well, make an NBA roster faster than they would going through college. I'm probably missing something major, but enlighten me.

3/12/2014 9:01:21 AM

The college path is still better, for now. They get the college experience, and more public visibility on a national level. It's probably a pretty good feeling knowing millions of people are watching you on a weekly basis, especially come tourney time. I don't think the money in the d-league is really worthwhile, especially for high school recruits who will end up as obvious lottery picks anyway.

3/12/2014 9:14:07 AM

the insane exposure and (currently) what i assume is better competition. also, depending on which school you go to (UNCCH*) you will get paid more anyway and it's not like you will have to worry about classes or that reading nonsense.

3/12/2014 9:15:51 AM

Yeah, they're probably getting "paid" the same amount with housing/dining/cash under the table. Developmental league guys don't get paid shit. Top class facilities, celebrity status on campus, national exposure, etc. all seem more appealing than playing in Erie in front of 150 people and living on $250 a week.

3/12/2014 9:17:26 AM

Any high major pays you more than the D-League. And let's face it, the women in fucking Fort Wayne or Canton are pretty rough compared to a Chapel Hill or Gainesville.

3/12/2014 9:19:40 AM

ah yes. all you can eat College pussy. worth far more than a meager DL salary. that's what I was missing.

3/12/2014 9:28:35 AM

plus, I don't think D-League scouts are out promising infinite college age penis worship. perhaps they need to step their scouting game up.

3/12/2014 10:40:15 AM

It also hasn't really been talked about as a viable option. Mark Cuban is pretty much the only guy touting this idea. I bet if you had three or four big time high school guys do this next year and it worked out, you'd see more head that route. But no one is going to give up a year of college pampering and being on ESPN twice a week for something that is unproven.

Brandon Jennings did the Europe thing for a year and it worked out for him...but he's not an All-Star and he's also the only person to do it in recent memory.

3/12/2014 10:49:49 AM

for the d-league to work as cuban has said they need to pay more and get players called up more regularly and for more than 2-3 games as end of the bench 3rd point guard options.

3/12/2014 11:38:08 AM

Baseball really has the best system. Either go straight from high school or have a minimum required time spent in college. One and done is a joke since those guys really just have to stay eligible for 1 semester and then can stop going to class in the second semester. There's no education, no student athlete, none of that is real with the current set up.

3/12/2014 11:46:07 AM

The D league doesnt pay shit. You get like 30k a year. If they actually made it a viable minor league system they might have something (and college basketball would be fucked) but they're a long ways off from that.

3/12/2014 1:09:51 PM

This is pretty cool:

TJ Warren and the lost art of the floater
http://shotanalytics.com/2014/03/12/tj-warren/

3/12/2014 1:10:24 PM

Quote :

"Baseball really has the best system. Either go straight from high school or have a minimum required time spent in college."

I completely agree with this.

3/12/2014 2:01:44 PM

The human element is that kids want to be with people their own age, not a bunch of european pros and NBA has-beens nor never-beens doing a job. There is no camaraderie on pro teams where the roster is in flux and everyone is looking to leave.

[Edited on March 12, 2014 at 3:29 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2014 3:28:28 PM

i think hockey probably has a better system than baseball. players can get drafted at 18, yet can still play in college. pro team retains their rights tho.

3/12/2014 3:43:59 PM

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2014/story/_/id/10590778/marcus-smart-goes-no-1-chad-ford-non-freshmen-lottery-mock-draft-nba

I'd love to know where he has TJ listed in that.

3/12/2014 3:46:26 PM

^ i just came to ask the same. my insider has expired.

3/12/2014 4:51:26 PM

^ not listed surprisingly, its only the lottery picks though, not the full first round.

3/12/2014 4:56:00 PM

^ that is pretty much the entire first round though.

Freshman are not included on this hypothetical list.

3/12/2014 5:49:27 PM

Yeah no TJW in the top 14. PJ is #10 though.

3/13/2014 8:32:53 AM

take out all the freshmen and he still doesn't have him listed? jesus...

3/13/2014 8:44:55 AM

Chad Ford didn't have Warren in his top 30 the last list he put out, so not surprising he wouldn't have him in his top 14 even without the freshmen. Ford is just really low on Warren, plenty of others are high on him. Warren is a lock to get a 1st round grade.

3/13/2014 8:57:12 AM

If TJ could have his own biscuit/sandwhich/burger/entree named after him, what would it be?

3/13/2014 11:55:49 AM

I imagine it would be served in a bucket, of course.

3/13/2014 12:07:00 PM

it would be a bucket filled with everything on the menu.

3/13/2014 12:25:10 PM

Parker's bucket will eventually be much fuller

3/13/2014 12:28:10 PM

(supposedly Asheville Citizen-Times

3/13/2014 1:32:05 PM

Dude is playing chess when everyone else is playing checkers

3/13/2014 8:34:51 PM

^^

reminds me of all the basketball illiterates who ask me if i'm happy that "north carolina" won last night.

3/13/2014 8:43:18 PM

only 24 points tonight? did he only play in the 1st half?

3/13/2014 10:34:00 PM

Glad we get to enjoy another game of tony buckets. Everyone enjoy it while it lasts.

3/13/2014 11:08:48 PM

Good article: http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/1383679.html

Quote :

" “N.C. State means a lot to me,” Warren said. “Being able to wake up in the morning knowing I play for N.C. State, knowing that my dad played here, it is a great honor. Being able to put that jersey on knowing that a lot of greats that came through the program, David Thompson, Julius Hodge, Rodney Monroe, Chris Corchiani, there is a lot of greats... "I just try to live up to the tradition and have that will to win and lead the team." "

3/14/2014 9:28:23 AM

I see you TJ!

3/14/2014 10:02:42 AM

I hope he steps out again tonight

3/14/2014 10:54:37 AM

Good job tonight!

3/14/2014 9:51:52 PM

Dude is a legend. Can't believe we wasted this kind of talent last year.

3/14/2014 9:54:06 PM

^^^^^No Marcus Melvin shoutout? Time for a credibility watch thread

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 9:56 PM. Reason : ^s]

3/14/2014 9:56:01 PM

He is like a younger version of Durant

3/14/2014 10:41:57 PM

who looks 10 years older

3/14/2014 10:42:50 PM

4^trollin' dirty

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM. Reason : kind of an Earl post]

3/14/2014 10:44:28 PM

^
That was from face's trolling template

3/14/2014 10:49:02 PM

That jump shot over Christmas towards the end of the game was unreal. Also, two huge FT's at the end.

Greatest State player I've seen in my lifetime. Don't think it's even close.

3/14/2014 11:18:11 PM