Anonymous
Years ago
Any chance Lamelo Ball could delay NBA entry and play two seasons at Wollongong?
He is still very young. Lots of developing to go, why not stay a little longer to ply your craft. Perhaps even go for a title / mvp double.
AussieProde
Years ago
May have been a viable option for T-Ferg but not for LaMelo. LaMelo will be still young and developing but ready to contribute in the NBA next season.
Ok so we will spell this out. Winning a title and an MVP means absolutely nothing to him (and it shouldn't). He is here to try to show the world that he can compete with grown men and to get his draft stocks as high as possible. That's it. Right now they are higher than they've ever been. If he's a chance to be a first round pick (people are talking top 3) then there is zero chance he will or should stay. If he has a couple more good games I imagine he is taken back to the states and put on ice until the draft. Things much bigger than the NBL are in play here and you'd NEVER turn down an NBA contract to get more "experience". The NBL is fine with whenever he leaves as just having him here has already exceeded any expectations the NBL had in terms of global marketing. It has been the biggest thing to ever his the NBL.
If he's the #No1 draft pichk it doesn't say much for the NBA.
He's a very talented kid but that's all.
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FM
Years ago
Ferguson was getting minutes in his first NBA season. He also received 5 times the amount of coin for that season.
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