Exactly. I'm generally not a fan of what NIL is doing to the college game in terms of the huge amount of movement but it is keeping more kids in school, which I guess is a good thing.Celtics begin to dismantle as they try to trim what could be a massive tax bill next year.
Jru Holliday goes to Portland for Afernee Simons and two 2nd round draft picks**.
Sources: Celtics trading Holiday to Trail Blazers
The Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round draft picks, sources told ESPN on Monday night.www.espn.com
** - Worth noting that NBA teams think 2nd round picks are becoming devalued with so many college and international prospects electing to take college NIL deals rather than testing the draft. Imagine how differently this year's second round would look if Tahad Pettiford, Milos Uzan, Yaxel Lendeborg, JT Topin, Ortega Oweh, Isaiah Evans, Boogie Fland, Alex Condon and several others had stayed in the draft.
Interesting point. At this moment in time, college student can earn more money than many rookie NBA players and also have more freedom as to where they want to play. I hadn't considered that.
"Many"??? Not so sure about that but certainly guys who are projected as late 1st or early/mid 2nd rounders have a decision to make. If you are assured of being a first rounder, I think you go.
Right. So if there are a few players on most power five conference teams making over 1.5 million in NIL, there's a not-insignificant number of college athletes making moreiney than they would NBA year one, correct?
Oh yeah. The whole "college is worth more to me than the NBA" started to sorta be a thing a year or two ago and really exploded this spring. As I noted elsewhere, there are at least a dozen guys -- probably more like 20 -- who would have absolutely been in the draft in past years who have returned to college for big NIL paydays instead this season.
Meanwhile Tyrese is still in the draft. Sigh...
I don't think we can point to anything in this particular age of college athletics as "permanent." Everything is in flux.
I think the presumption is that with an extra year or two of seasoning, Pettiford and Fland either turn into solid first rounders or they show they likely don't have what it takes to be impact players in the NBA and their stock slips further back into the later 2nd round.
Sure, but in the scenario where e.g. junior Tahaad Pettiford plays his way to a late first round pick, whoever would otherwise have been pick #30 becomes a second rounder, making a second round selection that much more valuable. Whereas if Pettiford's college play eventually reveals he won't be an NBA player, his absence doesn't diminish the actual value of the 2025 second round.
Not sure I'd put Lillard in the same sentence as Tatum and Halliburton.
They're in different tiers at this point in their careers, but Dame being out (and Milwaukee having zero flexibility to replace him) means the Bucks aren't serious contenders to win the East, which is what I meant.
Yeah, and let’s jettison Jaylen Brown while we’re at it. His contract is ridiculous and I’m not a huge fan of what he brings to the C’s on the court. I’d give him an 8.0 out of 10 and he’s being paid like a 10. We should get as much as we can for him while his stock is still quite high.Wow. Porzingis on the move, too. Only 2 returning starters (with Jayson out).
Celtics to trade Porzingis to Hawks, sources say
Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a trade that will send Kristaps Porzingis to the Hawks, Terance Mann to the Nets, and Georges Niang to the Celtics, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday night.
