Quickley should go pro..
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Nope, doesn't have the size or athleticism to play the 2 in the NBA or the ability to create his own shot.
He needs to come back and prove he can play the point and be a distributor first guard and hon his skills and go higher in the draft next year.
He needs to come back and prove he can play the point and be a distributor first guard and hon his skills and go higher in the draft next year.
Um, he's a 6-3 (listed at 6-3, so we can assume he's really 6-2) combo guard who shot only 42% from the field. He had 56 assists versus 48 turnovers. He needs to come back, be the lead PG, and show that he can improve his FG percentage and his assist to turnover ratio. THEN, he could be a 1st round pick.
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If the NBA drafted on good character and set shot ability he'd be the number one pick. Unfortunately they don't. The things they draft on, Quickley doesn't have or hasn't proven yet. He needs another year.
Quickley is a good college player. He's not an NBA player, just like Myles Powell, who is the same size and both are showing late second round and more guys are entering their names daily.
If we can't even get IQ back to UK after 2 years, we're never going to have a veteran roster in the Cal era.
If we can't even get IQ back to UK after 2 years, we're never going to have a veteran roster in the Cal era.
But Steph Curry does? Yall are so stuck in the 90's. He's perfect for the modern day NBA.
Steph Curry in college averaged 4 assists per game and shot 52% from the field with excellent handles and court vision.
IQ is a career 40% shooter who averages 1.5 assist per game. Court vision, ball handling and passing ability. IQ is a recent UK favorite of mine but saying he can play the role Steph Curry does is foolish. The similarities between the 2 end at the fact they are the same height and weight.
What makes anyone think it’s NBA or bust? Maybe he is willing to get paid elsewhere. Unless you can read his mind you got zero idea what his goals are. This is basically just babbling founded on smoke. When and if school starts next year, we get an answer.
His family history and character. His father is a pastor who until very recently disapproved of IQ pursuing a career in basketball. Highly doubt he will move to Europe or Asia to make 50-200k a year. Just based of everything we know. G-League route would seem feasible but why not come back and win a slew of awards and win a championship at that point. It’d be different if he was slotted firmly in the draft but he isn’t. That being said I still believe he is gone.
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Get picked in the NBA whether it’s first round or second round and work on nothing but basketball. Then he won’t have to worry about classes or feel the pressure of leading a young inexperienced team.
SEC player of the year and no one saw that coming so he should strike while the iron is hot in my opinion.
SEC player of the year and no one saw that coming so he should strike while the iron is hot in my opinion.
IQ's assists numbers are because of the role he was asked to play, not because he's incapable. Anthony Edwards shot a worse percentage, played no defense, and is still in the conversation for top pick. Lamelo Ball shot a much worse percentage from the field and from 3, doesnt play a lick of defense, and is still somehow considered a top prospect. IQ does have the size, athleticism, shooting ability, and character to be picked in the back half of the first round.
Shooting ability is a premium in todays NBA and IQ has that. 6'3 is not too small, and he is not a poor athlete, in fact he's a very good athlete with the ability to stay in front of the man he's guarding.
And Curry stayed for a Junior year after averaging 26 ppg as a sophomore.
Okay, but the iron isn’t hot, it's not even luke warm. More and more guys are declaring for the draft every day. Here soon, the iron won’t even be plugged in.
Lamelo Ball is 6’8 and Edwards is 6’5 and long. If you don’t realize why they are projected top 5 and IQ is 50th to not drafted then I can’t help you. IQ is already what he will be in 4-5 years. What you see is what you get. The other 2 haven’t scratched the surface of their ceiling. Only so much a 6’2-6’3 guard who isn’t overly athletic can do. I hope IQ carves out a niche in the league but he will never be more than a role player off the bench.
If you believe in mock drafts by people with no contacts with NBA GMs i dont know what to tell you. Congrats on them being an inflated 6'8 and 6'5 tho. I'm not saying IQ will be a star player in the NBA, I'm saying he has the skill, size, and athleticism good enough for the NBA.
IQ improved leaps and bounds fron his fresheman to his sophomore year but he is now who he will always be at 20 years old? LOL, you've been drinking the Kool Aid on these overhyped kids who lose all the time.
That's about like comparing Nick Richards to Anthony Davis. No knock on Nick at all, but the comparison is pretty fat out there. AD is taller, a better shot blocker, rebounder, and far better overall than Bill Russel ever was, and Russel was one of the best NBA players of all time despite his limited offensive skills.
I didn’t try to compare them, a poster above me did you try and show why IQ can make it in the NBA. I agree it’s very far fetched.
I'm not following your reasoning here.
How does having a pastor for a father make one less likely to play overseas? And what does playing overseas have to do with "character", do you think it's low character to play abroad?
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So there is no place willing to pay him? It’s the NBA or he’s doomed for all eternity?
He can play ball. He’s got options. He knows them. He’s 19.
You may have forgotten, but at that age, everyone over 25 is ancient and they are brain dead in the eyes of a teen. Now you can read minds. You should know this.
I tend to agree. I don’t think he will ever really “make it” in the NBA but I definitely think he can go to Europe or Australia, Italy etc and make a very solid $150k so maybe that’s his line of thinking?
Maybe, but he has a very good chance of inking a deal overseas worth low-mid six figures.
You are able to comprehend there are other options for these guys to make hella good money other than the NBA, right?
Where are you getting that Nick is 7'1"? I've never seen him listed above 6'11."
LOL he is not a 1st rounder. He at best is a top 40 pick . And I think he will be lower then that. BUT it can be argued he won't be better next season not with Boston , the guy I think will win NPOY or at the very least SEC POY , and Clarke playing with him so he might want to leave. He shouldnt but that is the thinking if he leaves.
He ain't a first round pick. Hell looking over more then 10 mocks last week he was undrafted in more then drafted and only 1 had him in the first round .
He ain't a first round pick. Hell looking over more then 10 mocks last week he was undrafted in more then drafted and only 1 had him in the first round .
I tend to agree. IQ and other guys have a very good chance of making $100,000-$1million by playing overseas. Now granted that’s definitely not filthy rich NBA money buts it’s very very solid.
Being 20 years old and making $150k plus a year? Along with free gear, possible endorsements, traveling the world and playing the game I love? Not too bad.
Which, again, is why I wish they’d just let these guys go straight from high school or stay 2 years. They want the money. They don’t care about college (which whatever, I get) but just sayin.
His father being a pastor means he won’t try and go overseas and make a solid six figures? Not sure I understand that reasoning. I think that’s just your opinion man...
He could easily ink a deal for $100k plus which is awesome for a 20 year old.
Parental approval can be a strong sway. I agree making 6 figures overseas would be great for anyone at any age. Problem I see is if his Dad had a problem with him making millions in the US then I seriously doubt he would approve of moving overseas away from everyone to make 100k for a decade and then what? I could be wrong but I definitely think it factors in. Whereas someone with a different up bringing would be more likely to jump at that offer.
No offense but I think you’re strictly immersing your opinion of what you think his Father thinks. Quite a reach man.