On its surface, true. But that income compared to potential compensation in their area of expertise, that's peanuts. And you can say there is a a small potential of injury with everything you do on & off the court, so cash in ASAP, bird-in-hand, etc. If you take that mindset then damn near everyone besides Brad should have bounced and gone overseas after their freshman year.
Where a lot of us shake our head is we know if Dakari was encouraged to come back for a second season and improved his game, there's no doubt he'd have improved from mid second round pic to first round / lottery. Get there and he's given more rope to develop (because of initial investment by team) and not be suiting up for the [checks notes] Qingdao Eagles, worried to death you're going to a bat flu host guarding you every game.
