I have learned. Have you? Every year, there's a handful of fans who think we'll lose all of our fringe guys to the draft, even when many of them (outside Whitney, Maxey and to a much smaller extent, EJ and Ashton) don't project in the draft. Do you have a similar statement prepared about Juzang, Hagans, Montgomery, and maybe even Richards or IQ about why we should all be on NBA watch for those guys? Do you really think all of our fringe prospects will be drafted? If you're using history as a determinant on draft projection, you might want to factor in the reality that almost all of our OAD guys were composite top 20 freshmen and those who didn't bolt after a single season didn't really shock the world when they came back for a second year because they weren't ever really projected. There's exceptions for guys like Bledsoe, Herro, Booker, SGA, and a few others, but for every Herro there's two Lees and Matthews staring back at you.
All of those guys are fringe, joining Brooks in the camp of guys who need to prove themselves before becoming remotely draftable. We have four or five guys who are in that Wiltjer/Lee/Matthews level camp. With that many guys auditioning for second round draft slots, I think it's only logical to think a few of them will come back. Brooks, because of EJ's and Kahlil's presence on the team as probable starters (and because of Brooks' rawness), looks to me like a logical candidate to return.
