I’d like to announce that I also am declaring for the NBA draft. I’d like to thank all my colleagues at work and all of you for your support. Please respect my decision.
Basketball Jaden Jones to the NBA Draft
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He can’t return to college if he signs with an agent. That is his intent.
Everyone was wondering why this kid didn’t play. Now we know.
this has to be one of the all time bad decisions for a college athlete.
Im assuming he will return to college somewhere in some capacity. He should not even be asking the NBA for advice. He should be asking his college coaches who have built a tournament team for three straight years. Kid has a chance to be a big ten star and thinks someone will draft him because he was a 4 star in high school?
Im assuming he will return to college somewhere in some capacity. He should not even be asking the NBA for advice. He should be asking his college coaches who have built a tournament team for three straight years. Kid has a chance to be a big ten star and thinks someone will draft him because he was a 4 star in high school?
If it’s true he didn’t enroll in spring classes he’s done at RU.
If he didn’t enroll in classes this Spring or isnt going, it’s going to be hard for him to be eligible.
If that’s true, and I don’t know if it is, he has no choice. He’s out of college sports until at least the next semester. And he will likely need summer school.
If that’s true, and I don’t know if it is, he has no choice. He’s out of college sports until at least the next semester. And he will likely need summer school.
He’s not getting any positive marketing from this. It’s a joke.
He’s a shooting guard who shot 23% from 3 (worst on the team outside of Cliff).
Outside of Jalen and Hyatt he also had the worst overall field goal percentage on the team of true schollie players.
And he was benched for his defense - not his offense.
I didn’t say it was right. I’m saying how the mind of Social Media and marketing works.
What other choices does he have except come back and play in college which he clearly doesn’t want to do. He can very likely make a G league team or whatever.
The NBA also values playing time. Nobody's gonna waste of draft pick on a kid that couldn't play on his own college team
Honestly - unless he’s improved significantly he’s not even G-league material. He couldn’t even compete for time at rutgers.
I really hope it's not true, especially when it seems he comes from a good family and support system. Nobody asked why he wasn't attending class?
Rutger's. Get it right.
i have a hard time believing he didn't enroll in class and stopped going entirely. With the amount of people monitoring these kids and tutoring them, how is that even possible.
Someone would give him a shot based on size potential. There are guys on that league who didn’t do much.
Isn’t that what Young did? I guess he’s off to Oregon.
Happens at Kentucky all the time. Zion Williamson did it. It’s common.
If he really knew he was gone no matter what and never intending to go to any other school, it wouldn’t be hard.
Coach I’m not coming back and am not transferring. My dream is to play basketball and I’m going to pursue it. I’m not going to class because they are irrelevant now. I’m a good teammate and will practice hard for you these next 3 months even if I’m not playing while working on my game and fitness. Thanks for the opportunity.
It’s a different world now.
I bought a lottery ticket today. I like my chances at Powerball more than his chances of being drafted.
also lol at the "source" that told the reporter that NBA scouts were raving about him to Rutgers coaches. Do we think that's his dad, or was it an uncle?
Zion was the first overall pick. This kid didn't even play. Apples to motor oil
If that is the case then he will have trouble transferring. If he didn’t attend any classes as you suggest he can’t possibly be academically eligible to play next year as he will have all f’s on his transcript. Also, if he wasn’t going to classes I doubt Pike would have allowed him to remain an active team member and would have suspended him for a violation of team rules.
I think I read he was in Dayton with the Team. Pike shouldn't have wasted the plane fare...should have told him to walk to the game if he wanted to go..
It cannot be right. He would have been dismissed from the team.
I hope he was NOT one of the young players that Geo said worked so hard in practice. If so, I would be afraid that means this guy was playing everybody, including Pike and the Team, until the season was over.
No one said he wasn't attending class, someone just spit that out as a potential thing
I agree. Wouldn’t he just be suspended at that point after Academic Support’s progress reports come in?
I wish him well and appreciate that he picked RU out of HS. I just hope that he is getting sincere advice from his family and inner circle. As a college freshman, we are all inexperienced and lacking life experience. IMO, he would benefit the most from improving his game particularly with regard to shooting and defense as well as working toward his degree.
