The fact that we haven't heard anything about Wigginton and the Combine makes me think he wasn't invited. I would think he would get a GL combine invite though.
Wonder if LW gets to play in the G-league "combine?"
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So there's three open scholarships with Wheeler and Grill set to decide next week and Tucker and Johnson on campus this weekend. Let's say three out of those four commit. Doesn't that pretty much force LW's hand to stay in the draft for better or worse? Or would Prohm slow play one of the commits and wait until the May 29 deadline to save a spot for LW just in case?
It would force someone's hand, that is part of the risk of the process and recruiting in general. Waiting on a decision allows for another player to take that spot. The staff would need to take the commitment. Honestly one of the current players may want to transfer late if THT, Wigg or Tucker did decide to come back due to their path to playing time being taken for another year.
I believe Tucker is going thorough the NBA draft process in any case. I don't expect him to commit anywhere til the end of the month. I expect ISU to have one spot open on the week of May 29th regardless for any of the 3 if they wanted to play for ISU next year.
This list plus Dewan Hernandez, Javin DeLaurier, and TJ Shorts is almost half of the full 40 who will be invited to the GL combine. This was as of Tuesday.
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I've never once mentioned or even thought Lard was NBA material. Nice job pulling something out of you ***.
Ah, I forgot about about Tucker having his name in the draft. Thanks for the reminder.
I do wonder if that was part of Prohm and LW's talk - LW would be welcome back if he decided to withdraw from the draft AND if there was still an open spot for him. I can't imagine Prohm promised to hold a spot for him until the deadline.
You are beyond stupid. We need people like you though, so never stop.
I can't ever remember a case of someone declaring for the draft, trying to return to his school late in the process and not having a scholarship available. Has anyone else? It's a VERY tough spot for a coach because you need to move on late commits and transfers. If I were a coach, I'd be tempted to give away the schollies that I have and take the player at his word that he's not coming back. It seems plausible that this could happen from time to time.
I think it's bound to happen more frequently as more players go through the transfer and early draft entry process every year. Just too many moving parts for a coach to promise anything to a player who puts his name in the transfer portal or draft or both. Totally ties the coach's hands when it comes to filling up that potential hole in the roster.
Or maybe it's already happening and we just don't hear about it. But there's no shortage of early draft entrants who don't get their name called every year. Maybe they only stayed in because there was no open scholarship left for them at their old program.
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It almost happened last year at KU. They were trying to fill Vick's open scholarship but didn't.
I actually think the staff would be fine with holding a scholarship open past June. Having one open for the a late high level decommit or mid year transfer when the competition would be a nice for Prohm to have in hand. Worse scenario the last scholly not being tied up a player not seeing the court anyways is banked until next year.
I agree with everything, except "nothing more he can do". If he can show himself to be a legit point guard (ball handling and passing), he will elevate his standing quite a bit. I agree with the poster that said that he was a willing passer this last year, but a lot of the passes were a bit too difficult. Shore that up, along with his ball handling, and I think he can get drafted.
Lol, Im stupid? Explain why Prohm apologized to him at the end of the year for the way his role was handled. You guys live in a fantasy world where you refuse to accept the cold hard facts about things.
Add Amir Coffey and Jarron Cumberland to this list. That's 20 of the will be 40 total participants.
*AJ Lawson of South Carolina declined an invitation
So....if an early entrant declaring for the draft doesn’t get invited to the Combine or to the G-League elite camp is it probably safe to say they won’t get drafted, and overseas is their only option? Or do summer leagues take on more guys just in case they might miss somebody?
There are quite a few undrafted Summer League players (like Matt Thomas), but it would be incredibly unusual for an first-year undrafted player to get signed.
