Milan Momcilovic tweets "entering NBA draft and portal"

That is the one thing I hate about the NBA game. They just allow traveling. No idea why they do it or when they really started allowing it. They really have to fix that part of the game
I loved watching the NBA growing up. In the 80s and 90s it was so good. I can't even watch it anymore. They don't call hardly anything, and half the calls they do make are so bizarre. The league is just for gamblers now I guess.
 
I loved watching the NBA growing up. In the 80s and 90s it was so good. I can't even watch it anymore. They don't call hardly anything, and half the calls they do make are so bizarre. The league is just for gamblers now I guess.
Tired and boring take. NBA payoffs are so much fun to watch. You sound like every old head out there.
 
If the five in five years eligibility proposal is adopted, and Milan doesn't get the asurances and feedback that he wants now, couldn't he make a ton of money in two more years of college ball? He has currently only played three years.

The NBA is certainly not an assurance, and having your bank coffers filled before possibly ending up an international journeyman might not be all bad either.
 
I am a season ticket holder for the Pacers and watch NBA at home or in person almost every night during the season. With a few exceptions, the base level of defense in the NBA is actually very good (a bad NBA defense would probably completely shut down a top tier college offense). A ton of time and effort goes into communication and overall strategy, but the cards are just very much stacked against the defense in the NBA for a few reasons.

1) The offensive schemes are amazing, and the teams hunt mismatches/advantages ruthlessly. (Sidenote - Not sure why the mismatch hunting isn't more aggressively pursued in the college game...)
2) The offensive players are orders of magnitude better than college - shot making, movement, making reads, very nuanced movements (ex. 7-foot centers stepping out and consistently nailing 3s is hard to stop, and unclogs the lane for more effective penetration.)
3) the schedule density limits how much game-to-game defensive game planning can occur. Not much you can do on back-to-backs except line em up and react, whereas the offense dictates the action.
4) Refereeing in the NBA is much more of an offensive lean (for everyone not named the Thunder, that is). Almost impossible to get a charge call most of the time.
5) Did I mention the shot making?! LOL This point cannot be understated. The stark contrast honestly makes college basketball very difficult to watch at times.
I'll have to start watching more games. Yeah, the shooting is incredible. I remember thinking watching Hali last year in the playoffs, if he was doing that at ISU he'd of scored 30 a game.
 
If the five in five years eligibility proposal is adopted, and Milan doesn't get the asurances and feedback that he wants now, couldn't he make a ton of money in two more years of college ball? He has currently only played three years.

The NBA is certainly not an assurance, and having your bank coffers filled before possibly ending up an international journeyman might not be all bad either.

Yes, but he said yesterday he doubts he'd go back for two
 
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Yes, but he said yesterday he doubts he'd go back for two

“It doesn’t affect me at all. I want to go to the NBA, that’s the goal,” Momcilovic said. “I’m trying to go this year, so I’m really not trying to spend another two years in college.”


Trying

If he ends up going to UK this offseason because he’s getting feedback of late 2nd, and then next year is the same, I wouldn’t be surprised if he plays a 5th year, despite trying otherwise

If UK is as desperate as they are rumored, he likely could lock in $10 million over next two years of college, which would be better than some 1st round contracts.
 
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Early second round IMO. Milan will be a specialist, and his speciality is going to be making 3-pointers. It's one of the most coveted skills in the league, and there are plenty of teams like the Pistons who desperately need shotmakers like that.
 
With the 2nd round exception there’s a really good chance Milan gets an NBA deal that isn’t a two way. If feedback stays consistent with most mocks he’s staying in the draft.
 
Early second round IMO. Milan will be a specialist, and his speciality is going to be making 3-pointers. It's one of the most coveted skills in the league, and there are plenty of teams like the Pistons who desperately need shotmakers like that.
I’m sticking with my original call that Detroit picks him late 1st. That teams lack of shot making and inability to space the floor is killing them in the playoffs. He could be a way cheaper substitute for Duncan Robinson. While I think Robinson contract goes for 2 more years I think after this current year there’s very little guaranteed.
 
I’m sticking with my original call that Detroit picks him late 1st. That teams lack of shot making and inability to space the floor is killing them in the playoffs. He could be a way cheaper substitute for Duncan Robinson. While I think Robinson contract goes for 2 more years I think after this current year there’s very little guaranteed.
The more and more I hear and see how he’s doing, the more I’m starting to lean the other direction. St John’s is my guess.

We’ll all know soon enough.
 
The more and more I hear and see how he’s doing, the more I’m starting to lean the other direction. St John’s is my guess.

We’ll all know soon enough.
Most mock drafts have him in the early second round. I would think he stays in the draft if that's the consensus on where he gets drafted
 
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