Mock drafts slotting Tyrese Haliburton as potential lottery pick
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Strange, it's almost like the posters on here that thought it was a travesty that Haliburton was starting over Wigginton last year didn't know what they were talking about.
Don't know if anybody else has mentioned this, but there was an interview of him at Battle 4 Atlantis sitting next to a pool. Basically he was asked what his goals were and his response was about leaving a legacy at ISU and treating Hilton right. Nothing about him as a player or NBA. After he hit the late 3 against Seton Hall in Hilton he was pounding his chest and it looked to me that he kept yelling "This is my gym!"
Of course things can change at the end of the year depending on how things go, but sure seems to me for now that he doesn't care where he's projected in the draft and is just focused on winning with this team.
It worked out OK, but Marcus Smart definitely lost money by staying for year 2. Brackins might have, too. There just aren’t many examples of guys that stayed, period.
That interview was really weird. The interviewer was basically insinuating that Haliburton was leaving after the year, and Haliburton didn't really say anything about it.
Not saying I think Haliburton would stay all 4 years, but could you imagine the legacy in Ames he would leave if he did? He would never have to buy a dinner or drink in Ames or surrounding areas for the rest of his life.
Like I said I think he should go pro for sure. Just hypothetically speaking. He would go down as one of the greatest players in Iowa State history.
Like I said I think he should go pro for sure. Just hypothetically speaking. He would go down as one of the greatest players in Iowa State history.
I keep holding on to the thought that there's a chance he could come back next year. Last year he didn't even test the waters and I think he was a late first rounder in some mock drafts. If he's a lottery pick, I definitely think he should go and I'll definitely be buying his jersey, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility for him to stay for another year (or two). Probably wishful thinking though.
I get what your saying but staying a year when he would get guaranteed money is the definition of him losing money. He will have a finite amount of seasons as an NBA player and he is removing a year from that total by staying.
If TH goes lottery, he's making more $$ guaranteed than several ex-isu players combined, even after they busted it in the g-league for a year or two.
The NBA $$'s are so huge right now, if TH is a rotation player you want the clock started as soon as possible. Part of the reason I think Monte is struggling this year is he's playing for a huge offer from DEN at the end of the season.
Back up PGs that get minutes get 10m per year.
I love the isu legacy stuff as much as the next fan but TH is at another level.
The NBA $$'s are so huge right now, if TH is a rotation player you want the clock started as soon as possible. Part of the reason I think Monte is struggling this year is he's playing for a huge offer from DEN at the end of the season.
Back up PGs that get minutes get 10m per year.
I love the isu legacy stuff as much as the next fan but TH is at another level.
From https://www.nbadraft.net/players/craig-brackins/ - “A potential lottery to mid-first round pick in the 2009 draft, Craig Brackins returned to school for his junior year, and saw his stock plummet dramatically...”
It’s all hypothetical, but that’s a couple million plus an extra year of earning. Craig is doing just fine for himself, but a case could be made that he probably should have left earlier.
kids just scratching the surface of what he can be.
imagine the level of improvement he will make when he just focuses on basketball. Get him in San Antonio and let him work with Chip Englund for a couple summers to fix his shot, and he will be a top level point guard in the league for a lot of years.
