Matthews, Brazdeikis, and Poole all invited to NBA draft combine
Per their respective agents . . .
Good luck, Godspeed, and Go Blue!
I wonder if this means that Poole is officially gone? Anybody want to start 6 or 7 threads to discuss?
Wait, Poole is leaving?
Wait. Who am I supposed to be angrier at? Poole or Higdon?
April 30th, 2019 at 10:13 AM ^
Scott Frost's mom is to blame for all of this, surely.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
Stop calling her Shirley!
April 30th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
I think it's still Al Washington and Greg Mattison, and to a lesser extent Don Brown for letting a rumor get out there that he had to turn down POSU.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
It’s good that the rumors got out. It makes OSU look bad that they couldn’t get their main target from Uofm and had to settle.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^
You should be angriest at Keith Jackson for dying.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
Keith Jackson didn't die. Did he?
Unfortunately, yes. He overdosed on canned gravy.
Not surprised. I wish them all luck...
Hopefully, at least one of them can put on enough of a performance that he claws his way into round one. Good for him, good for Michigan’s program.
April 30th, 2019 at 11:11 AM ^
I might argue that getting 1 or more of them back is good for Michigan's program.
Would be a really bad sign for Poole or Iggy if they weren't invited so I guess good news there. Hope they're all able to play pro ball in the NBA or Europe for a few years at least. Looking forward to see who Beilein turns into a draft pick next season
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I wonder if this is more about the association's history of undervaluing Belien's players then the kids sneak in the 1st round based upon individual workouts. #Robinson #Levert #Hardaway #Wilson
Wilson has not proven he was undervalued yet and "the association" has arguably overvalued Beilein players up to this point. #Burke #Stauskas #McGary
Agreed to an extent - Burke is contributing on bad teams and Stauskas is still in the league. While this is bad for top 10 picks, both came out in terrible draft classes. In stronger classes, they would probably have been picked in the late teens.
McGary is an odd case because he was getting playing time and looked good but got injured and appears to enjoy extra curricular activities a bit too much. He's more of a what could have been than a flat out bust.
DJ is still on an NBA team and has a chance to try to contribute next year. As a pick in the late teens, that is really all you hope for; most guys picked after 10 do not contribute much to high level teams.
On the flip side, LeVert looked like the Nets best player in the playoffs. Hardaway is a main scorer on bad teams. Wagner is too early to tell. GRIII is still in the NBA as a 2nd round pick, which is good. Walton and Robinson have both gotten cups of coffee in the NBA as UDFAs with Robinson in line for more.
That is a lot of guys in the NBA for a coach that doesnt recruit 5-star one and done players, so it would be smart of the NBA to get a look at the players going through his program.
Yeah, crapping on Burke and Stauskas for where they were drafted sort of ignores how bad those classes were overall. 2013 had Bennett go #1, a guy who isn't in any league of consequence anymore, and the only true "star" from that class was Giannis at 15 (unless you like Oladipo, who is a good player). Burke and Hardaway are arguably two of the top 10 guys from that entire class. Stauskas has underwhelmed, and most of that seems to be because his shot just never translated to the NBA, and he never became even a mediocre defender so that he could stay on the court enough to get some consistent playing time.
McGary had to leave because of various NCAA issues and, as you noted, was old for his age. The rest of the guys have basically performed as you'd expect, with LeVert surprising a bit. But look at any NBA draft and you'll see a TON of guys who underwhelm coming out of college. Beilein at least has a track record of getting okay guys to the league.
Which Robinson are you talking about?
Duncan was undervalued and Glenn was overvalued.
Excited to see which of the three has the fastest 40 time
April 30th, 2019 at 10:18 AM ^
You misspelled "Wonderlic"
April 30th, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
I see, so Gary thought the Wonderlic was a speed test. Probably finished it before everyone else like a pro.
April 30th, 2019 at 10:05 AM ^
yay way to go guys!
April 30th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
Well, if they are going to play in the nba, they have to learn to complain to the refs on EVERY call. Good luck guys.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
FWIW, the Athletic's latest mock has Iggy to Indiana at #50 and Poole to Utah at #53.
April 30th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
Poole has NBA talent written all over him thanks to beilein's system and development. Even Iggy progressed developmentally in his short time here, something Izzo would have intentionally regressed so he could brainwash him into coming back. Sad.
Make sense. All three are gone, and I wish them all luck.
Happy for them. Iggy staying or going that is the ? Go Blue!
Poole leaving could be a blessing. One of the most disappointing players in M history. He was just flat out bad.