Is there a deadline to when you need to withdrawal name from the draft? Gonna be a true loyalty member and be nervy til that is confirmed
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May 27th.
Take nothing from these combine interviews (positive or negative), it's their camp talking.
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Kayil staying in the draft is a surprise. Not going to help some of the early second round guys.
it's all interview speak. I take it with a grain of salt. it's like a recruit on a visit. once they leave the visit, reality sets in.
andre may well have made his decision one way or another but Illinois will do what it needs to if he stays in the draft... something this staff does well. pivot
My stance has not changed, Andrej Stojakovic is expected back on all fronts.
I don't get it. What is the rush to get to the NBA as a late 2nd round pick when you can do much better playing another year in college on a contending team? Most likely you won't get any playing time and may be playing in the G league. I could sort of get it if he was a late first rounder but just doesn't make sense.
I also agree with @mysterio2525 that it does sound like interview speak. We'll see I guess.
I also agree with @mysterio2525 that it does sound like interview speak. We'll see I guess.
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I don't ever doubt your input and believe what you're hearing is true, just seems like that'd be a reaalllly silly decision
Which is why it's very likely not happening.
I'll say this as well-in the crazy scenario where he stays in, the staff has backup options JUST IN CASE.
Again, the expectation on all fronts is that he is back at Illinois in two or less weeks.
Again, the expectation on all fronts is that he is back at Illinois in two or less weeks.
It would be a sound decision money wise and in terms of his development, I just don't think he's going to get that kind of guarantee. It's possible, though.
Not sure it's silly at all, at least financially. To know that we need to know how much he would get to stay for next year.
2nd round exception deals are 3 or 4 years, with the last year being a team option, and AAV between $2-2.5 million. Odds are he's not getting that much to stay next season, but if any of the insiders want to confirm one way or the other I'd be interested to know. Plus if he sticks in the league, he'd get to NBA free agency one year sooner, which is where the real money is at.
The only scenarios where coming back is a better financial decision if he gets that 2nd round exception guarantee are, (1) if we are paying him more than the 2nd round exception he'd get AND coming back won't hurt his draft stock (can't guarantee that) or (2) if if he improves his stock enough to get picked in the first round (could happen, but also not a guarantee by any means and being a year older is always a strike against you as well).
Not an insider but a bet on “Andrej Stojakovic would make more than $2.5 million at Illinois next season” is free money.
They actually don't have current backups, but I am sure they could find some. They are confident he is coming back.
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Two things you're missing are
1. 5-for-5. He doesn't have one more year to earn in college, he's got two.
2. If he accepts that second round deal, his chances of being a first round draft pick drop to zero.
There's no way it's positive net expected career value to stay in the draft as a second rounder, no way.
All-time games played for all of the prospective Illini players after the insiders have made this statement: zero
So that's pretty bad news.
I mean can we just say the quiet part loud here? He's squeezing Illinois for more money and more certainty as to his starring role in the offense. That's what's happening here.
Unless that makes him think he needs to jack up ten threes per game next year.
Andrej is getting a lot more than 2.5 next year.
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