Originally Posted by
miramar
Maggette and Deng surprised people by leaving so quickly, so they weren't recruited as one and dones. With Irving and Rivers it was different because everyone understood that the possibility was there, but that's a long way from setting up a collegiate NBA development league. I don't criticize Cal since it probably fits in well at Kentucky, but that would be awful at Duke. Or it may be better to say that would not be Duke at all.
I disagree with Irving. He was a great player and had high expectations coming into the game. But did anyone expect him to leave in October? He exceeded expectations which is why it wasn't surprising when he declared. IMO, and I have no way to prove this, but I'm not sure Coach K recruited Kyrie to be one-and-done. It's just not very Coach-K-esque.
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