I believe he did try and no one wanted him. I remember seeing a interview he did for some NBA team on you tube and you would have thought Scotty was in sixth grade with some of the answers he gave. I mean, Chism and Maze have done well overseas, and both had less raw talent IMO, so it's hard to believe Scotty isn't working on his game more to get picked up by a Euro team etc. I love anyone willing to work for UTK and give their all on the court for us, but it's still hard to watch someone with so much talent go so little compared to where they could have been. Scotty was arguably the most talented guard to come out of high school and play for us in the last 20 years. His upside was bigger then anyone's I've ever seen since I remember. I think most of us all thought he'd be a 17-20 PPG SG by his Sophomore year when he first came out of high school. It would have been fun to see him with CCM considering the strides Maymon and Golden made in just one year. Same could be said for T. Harris as well. I just wish Hopson would have stayed around another year. A kid with that much talent could soon bloom under the right coach and system. A change of staff could have really helped Hopson out, as I believe CCM is a great player developer. I think we all wish Hopson, and all other VFL for that matter, good luck, but I think all the basketball fans who bleed orange and follow Vols basketball day to day will always view Hopson in the back of the mind as a "what if" type of player. What if Hopson hit those FTs. What if Hopson stayed under CCM for another year. What if Hopson learned to be a better defender. All those what ifs comes from seeing so much raw talent and so little production. Just my :twocents:
