Originally Posted by
Troublemaker
I don't see Bagley as being an extra step towards something or as being different from the rest of our OADs.
Bagley is 18 years, 4 months old and is a high school graduate who will play at Duke for 1 season.
Carter is 18 years, 3 months old and is a high school graduate who will play at Duke for 1 season.
The only difference is that Bagley made up his mind MUCH later than Carter about when he should be done with high school. (They both have the credits apparently.)
Financial advisors would say that the era in the past when guys like Bagley and Carter would stay in school for 4 years were the flawed days. A playing career is short, and players back then were needlessly wasting several earning years in school. I don't necessarily agree with that take, btw, and our own Grant Hill would disagree with that take, based on his recent appearance on Scheyer's podcast. Just saying... beauty and flaw are in the eye of the beholder. If the beholder is a financial advisor...
Do you have some info we don't yet?
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.