Going, Going, Gone: 2018 NBA Draft Early Entry

[jv001]

Add in NC State's Yurtseven who is either going pro or transfer. There's a thread about his decision. GoDuke!

[budwom]

very little known fact: Yurtseven's great grandfather lived in a village with many yurts, and his was the seventh from the river, hence the last name. This is why we have an internet.

[chrishoke]

He could be the go to guy at Pitt.

[Henderson]

Young tall athletic guy from Europe thinks Raleigh, North Carolina isn't the apotheosis of living? That's weird.

[BD80]

So, Yurt's-leavin' and Deandre Ayt'n stayin.

[JasonEvans]

A few updates so I wanted to put out a complete list at the moment:


Gone, w/agent:

DeAndre Ayton, AZ
Trae Young, OU
Mo Bamba, TX
De'Anthony Melton, USC (So Cal)

Going, wo/agent:

Allonzo Trier, AZ
Jalen McDaniels, SDSU
Tyler Cook, IA
Josh Okogie, GT
Jon Davis, Charlotte
Chris Silva, USC (South Cackalacky)
Deng Adel, Louisville
Ray Spalding, Louisville
Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State
Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra
Omer Yurtseven, NCSU

[MartyClark]

Young tall athletic guy from Europe thinks Raleigh, North Carolina isn't the apotheosis of living? That's weird.

I've spent a fair amount of time in Bulgaria and Turkey. Raleigh is not bad.

[ndkjr70]

Is there any hope Cam Johnson goes pro? I really don’t want to lose to UNC twice again next year :/

[El_Diablo]

Not for Yurtseven. I believe he faced threats for criticizing Erdogan.

That was Enes Kanter.

(Although maybe Yurtseven did the same thing.)

[Troublemaker]

Is there any hope Cam Johnson goes pro? I really don’t want to lose to UNC twice again next year :/

Sure, there's a chance. A bunch of prospects each year will test the waters (i.e. declare without an agent) to work out and play in front of NBA personnel and receive hands-on feedback, and I'd be surprised if he weren't one of them. Hopefully he shines.

As for matching up with UNC next season, from what I can tell, Roy seems likely to go back to a two-big offense. And Duke has a chance to be more perimeter-based and play our more usual 4-out-1-in type offense, so the matchup advantage should swing back to Duke. This was maybe a one year blip where Duke played more like UNC typically does and UNC played more like Duke typically does.

[UrinalCake]

Is there any hope Cam Johnson goes pro? I really don’t want to lose to UNC twice again next year :/

According to my UNC friends there's a chance he goes. He's already graduated and has been in college for four years. If he stays another year there's some things he could improve, but it probably won't make a huge difference in terms of his draft stock. If he leaves it might be for the NBA, Europe, or whatever else he wants to do with his life.

[CDu]

Sure, there's a chance. A bunch of prospects each year will test the waters (i.e. declare without an agent) to work out and play in front of NBA personnel and receive hands-on feedback, and I'd be surprised if he weren't one of them. Hopefully he shines.

As for matching up with UNC next season, from what I can tell, Roy seems likely to go back to a two-big offense. And Duke has a chance to be more perimeter-based and play our more usual 4-out-1-in type offense, so the matchup advantage should swing back to Duke. This was maybe a one year blip where Duke played more like UNC typically does and UNC played more like Duke typically does.

There is also the issue that we had an injury to one of the two guys we couldn’t play without in one of those games, and got absolutely demolished while he was getting his ankle retaped.

[Jim3k]

very little known fact: Yurtseven's great grandfather lived in a village with many yurts, and his was the seventh from the river, hence the last name. This is why we have an internet.

Wait! I'm pretty sure his last name was Yurtsixten when he was a HS frosh, and Yurtsixeleven as a junior. That summer he grew an inch and became Yurtseven.

[UrinalCake]

There is also the issue that we had an injury to one of the two guys we couldn’t play without in one of those games, and got absolutely demolished while he was getting his ankle retaped.

Bagley also got hurt sometime during the first game against them, though it is unknown whether it affected his play.

[evrim]

Wow, this is a surprise, he must be unhappy for some reason. He's either going pro, or transferring.

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/sophomo...sfer/17432291/

Honestly, I do not think very highly of Yurtseven. He was playing in Turkey for Fenerbahce who was investing in him a lot, a team I follow very well and they were European Champions. The coach being one of the legends of the world, Obradovic - he is basically the coach K of European basketball, a legend.
When Yurtseven left Fenerbahce, he did it under circumstances that really upset Obradovic, leaving the team when there were lots of injuries, and when the team was investing in him, in the middle of the seaon and when the team really needed him. Obradovic was really working on him, giving him minutes and paying special attention, in the best team in Europe at that time. He really hurt and upset Obradovic who is normally a very gentlemanly guy. He left without a warning, knowing the team was at a very critical junction and needed players with so many injuries. So to me, that speaks volumes of his character. As Obradovic says, Omer only thinks of himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMt...ature=youtu.be
4:58
"He only thinks of himself, for him team does not exist"
To hear that from a legend... Ouch.

[evrim]

Wait! I'm pretty sure his last name was Yurtsixten when he was a HS frosh, and Yurtsixeleven as a junior. That summer he grew an inch and became Yurtseven.

Yurt means country in Turkish. So kind of like someone who loves his country.

[BeachBlueDevil]

Really interesting. If Tech is to be relevant in the ACC, they need him back. He's on the NBA radar, probably a mid-2nd rounder depending on how he does at the Portsmouth camp.

Portsmouth camp (PIT) is only for seniors and not underclassmen. So his stock will be largely determined by the NBA Combine in Chicago.

[evrim]

That was Enes Kanter.

(Although maybe Yurtseven did the same thing.)

Yup, Enes is a supporter of Fethullah Gulen who used to run things behind the scenes in Turkey (boxes and boxes of money were found in one government ministers house for example) with Erdogan but then they had a falling out. So now, anybody Turkish government does not like (seculars, anti-Erdogan, Gulen supporters) etc are being accused of being of the FETO organization (short for Fethullah) and put in jail with no trial. That is why Enes was almost detained in Romania. I am not a fan of Enes either, but he was a crazy good player. Also from Fenerbahce. He left despite a contract and Fenerbahce got mad and sent in the paymetn stubs to NCAA so he got penalized.

[Spanarkel]

Yup, Enes is a supporter of Fethullah Gulen who used to run things behind the scenes in Turkey (boxes and boxes of money were found in one government ministers house for example) with Erdogan but then they had a falling out. So now, anybody Turkish government does not like (seculars, anti-Erdogan, Gulen supporters) etc are being accused of being of the FETO organization (short for Fethullah) and put in jail with no trial. That is why Enes was almost detained in Romania. I am not a fan of Enes either, but he was a crazy good player. Also from Fenerbahce. He left despite a contract and Fenerbahce got mad and sent in the paymetn stubs to NCAA so he got penalized.

Are Enes and Kerem Kanter(UW-GB, then grad year at Xavier this season)related?

[CDu]

Are Enes and Kerem Kanter(UW-GB, then grad year at Xavier this season)related?

Brothers.