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<blockquote data-quote="AEX" data-source="post: 1382506" data-attributes="member: 2621"><p>This is semantics. He's leaving early in that he has eligibility left. As for your other points, typically when guys leave early for the league and don't make it, most chalk that up to a mistake or there was obviously beef between said player and the coaching staff. And going back home to Europe is again a different situation with its own logic to it.</p><p></p><p>Many of the posters assume Leron is recognizing that he has no shot at the NBA and has settled his sights on a career in Europe for good if not gaudy coin. That's a very mature decision, if true, and one I would imagine is based on a lot of advice and careful consideration. Even so, I'm surprised to see a young man of his talents forego (supposedly) his best shot at the NBA to make some coin next year. Surprised not because it's illogical but because it seems that this decision is not very common for players with eligibility left who are the focal point of their team's offense, who have a positive relationship with their coaching staff, and who appear to be developing under that coaching staff, but who are not yet a sure bet for getting drafted.</p><p></p><p>Seems to me there are hundreds upon hundreds of young men in that very situation and that the vast majority stay at their school until they run out of eligibility. Right? Maybe it happens more often then I think, which is why I asked, but you just don't hear about guys with eligibility left to burn deciding instead to get a head start on their Euro career.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AEX, post: 1382506, member: 2621"] This is semantics. He's leaving early in that he has eligibility left. As for your other points, typically when guys leave early for the league and don't make it, most chalk that up to a mistake or there was obviously beef between said player and the coaching staff. And going back home to Europe is again a different situation with its own logic to it. Many of the posters assume Leron is recognizing that he has no shot at the NBA and has settled his sights on a career in Europe for good if not gaudy coin. That's a very mature decision, if true, and one I would imagine is based on a lot of advice and careful consideration. Even so, I'm surprised to see a young man of his talents forego (supposedly) his best shot at the NBA to make some coin next year. Surprised not because it's illogical but because it seems that this decision is not very common for players with eligibility left who are the focal point of their team's offense, who have a positive relationship with their coaching staff, and who appear to be developing under that coaching staff, but who are not yet a sure bet for getting drafted. Seems to me there are hundreds upon hundreds of young men in that very situation and that the vast majority stay at their school until they run out of eligibility. Right? Maybe it happens more often then I think, which is why I asked, but you just don't hear about guys with eligibility left to burn deciding instead to get a head start on their Euro career. [/QUOTE]
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