Hopson facebook status. (not good)

#77
#77
GAVol said:
agree. Be happy for the guy instead of whining because he might not want to stick around and entertain us for free anymore.
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If people are whining wanting Scotty the entertain them, we've got some sadistic fans. Scotty provides far more frustration than entertainment on the court.
 
#78
#78
MrBamSeydu said:
Hopson is going to do what he's going to do. Stop following his every word (or twitter/facebook status).

He isn't ready for the NBA. If he thinks he is, let him find out the hard way. As long as Harris comes back, I'm okay with it.
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Harris is gone unless there is a lockout and he still may be gone even then.
 
#79
#79
supersmo18 said:
I was talking with a friend last night, and he and I both agreed that, maybe because of all of our (most of us, anyway) "negative" posts about Scotty not being ready for the NBA, that maybe he has been reading on FB, and VN, and GVX all these comments, which has only fueled his fire to leave and prove us all wrong. If that's the case, then I say go for it, but I think personally, it's a mistake, if not for the lacking of certain skill sets, then for self-approval and satisfaction. I dunno. Maybe I'm just ready for us to have players that want to be here at UT to go to the school and be a VOL and stay for their degree, and not come as a gateway doorstep to the NBA or NFL. I understand the $$$$ side of it too, but that's JMO.
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I think most college basketball players dream of making millions in the NBA not of getting a degree.
 
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#80
NTBright said:
I've never understood why, in cases like Hopson's, people say to stay another year to "develop". Would he not be developed better as a player with a year of NBA play than a year with UT? I understand people telling him to stay if it's to get a degree, win a championship, or just to get a better draft pick (fatter check). But do you really think him playing another year in a college system would help better prepare him for the NBA than a year in the NBA?
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The problem with what you are saying is that a lot of players who go to the NBA don't make a team. It is possible with another year of development they might have a better chance to make it. But of course there is always the d league or overseas.
 
#81
#81
BigPapaVol said:
If some team believes there is a one year fix, there will be no hindered dreams. Dude is long, athletic and can shoot. If his issues have a fix, he'll find a spot for ample cash.
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I would love to watch him play in the NBA. Heres hoping he makes a team.
 
#83
#83
easleychuck said:
Don't believe that Scotty Hopson or very many other players, for that matter, are following VN with bated breath. The kid is about to make the most important decision of his life. Hope it turns out how he hopes it will. Unfortunately, how any of us hope ,and what the other decision makers decide, do not necessarily jibe all of the time.

It seems that he has his mind in the mode that he is through with college ball. If the people he trusts feel that same way then that is it, he is gone. If there is someone that he really trusts who can convince him that he needs more work, even then, that might not mean more college ball but rather overseas....getting paid.

It will be what it will be. It is his life. The odd thing about him was that his good games were really, really good. His game against Pitt was amazing. But his bad games were terrible. That does not seem to be the case with most other big time college players.
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Don't remember for sure but I think he had a really hard time against the zone defense. I remember one game where at the end of the season where he took it to the rim at will and scored or got fouled. In the next game he was trying to drive against a packed in zone and kept turning it over.
 
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#84
jerryvol44 said:
Harris is gone unless there is a lockout and he still may be gone even then.
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Really?? Have you spoken to him? The reason I am asking is because by all indications he is leaning towards staying another year, at least according to the people that have been around him lately, but you probably have a better handle??? LOL

BTW, Hopson will have his degree in May
 
#85
#85
BasketvolsFan said:
Has he told you that he's leaving regardless of the NBA situation, or are you just speculating like every one else?
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He is rated to go 20th in one service and 26th in another that means he is going to be offered multi millions of dollars. I think it is more than just speculation. But, he has not told me personally that he is going. I don't know him personally. When they offered Alan Houston 50 million over 5 years he said he and his dad (his agent) just looked at each other, they couldn't believe it.
 
#86
#86
jerryvol44 said:
He is rated to go 20th in one service and 26th in another that means he is going to be offered multi millions of dollars. I think it is more than just speculation. But, he has not told me personally that he is going. I don't know him personally. When they offered Alan Houston 50 million over 5 years he said he and his dad (his agent) just looked at each other, they couldn't believe it.
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No it doesn't. You need to do some research on the rookie salary caps put into place a few years ago. When Houston got drafted, those salary caps didn't exist.
 
#88
#88
jerryvol44 said:
He is rated to go 20th in one service and 26th in another that means he is going to be offered multi millions of dollars. I think it is more than just speculation.
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I'm not positive, but I don't think the 26th pick gets offered "multi millions of dollars," or even gets a guaranteed roster spot.

His dad is on record as saying "15th" is the number they would like to be at or near. The evals and mocks are saying more like "20th" or "26th."

Now, they may decide the best business decision is to go anyway, but if they're hoping for 15th, then they're not gonna be starstruck by 20th.
 
#89
#89
The magic number is 15 because that is the lottery cutoff... The plus side to getting drafted later in the first round is that you don't end up on the Clippers or Kings or some other team that doesn't know how to succeed. If Tobais got on a good team and had a solid role, that just might work out better when he is up for free agency and then is when his $$$ starts really flowing out the wazoo
 
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