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Originally posted by: jacktruth
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The fact is, either one of these guys could have been a number one pick if they had better timing. It's no wonder there are so many busts ...
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That's a bold statement. If a player has talent, he will be found. Do you think Kobe or Wade or whoever would not have made it in the pros if they waited a year, or came out earlier. I think there is a whole lot more to it than timing.
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I agree, if the talent is there ... My point was about the busts i.e. the guys who enter the draft "at the right time" and who appear to have the talent, but maybe it's not really there. If Rice entered the draft after HS then he'd likely be wasting away at the end of some unlucky team's bench during the season while earning a million dollar guaranteed contract and sipping Mai Thai's in Tahiti in the offseason. Instead he's in a sweaty Vegas gym. Poetic.
[/quote]It could be that the talent really isn't there.[/quote]
This is why I brought up Devin Harris.