This is the EXACT debate with Rondo. Some "people" said Tubby tried to hold him back a little. I touched on Morris well before this thread was made. If he leaves we are SCREWED. On a side note its nice to see him get some respect, this kid was bashed for quite a while.

Morris is a NBA Free Agent right now. He can never be in the NBA draft again, and if a team wants to throw some cash his way mid-season, it could get interesting...

:thumb: I said that before the season started and in the UK/UNC thread. I think its becoming more and more scary every game he does well.

Morris is a NBA Free Agent right now. He can never be in the NBA draft again, and if a team wants to throw some cash his way mid-season, it could get interesting...

 

You and I went at it pretty hard core when Morris as "ineligible." While you are right he is a free agent, I do not see him leaving. I think that would be the WORST thing in the world for him to do. Just abandon ship. What kinda low class NBA team would want a kid like that? I do believe Morris' new EURO style game has improved his stock.

Why? I think it's a perfectly valid question. Morris has the potential to be a precedent case, and I think that if he does well at UK and fits in an NBA team's playoff push puzzle, they'll make an offer. To think otherwise is playing the role of the ostrich to the extreme.

 

Now what sense does this make? Can you honestly tell me you think an NBA team would sign a college kid who has never played in a professional game and trust him enough to help them get into the playoffs? That's laughable...

Let's just play with an example. Let's say the Mavs have a rash of injuries inside and by early Feb. they need to add a big body for the stretch or the playoffs are at risk. If RM is the best option on the FA market, do you really think Cuban wouldn't make a play for him???

Now what sense does this make? Can you honestly tell me you think an NBA team would sign a college kid who has never played in a professional game and trust him enough to help them get into the playoffs? That's laughable...

 

Guaranteed. Every NBA GM is salivating at the possibility of being lucky enough to land Greg Oden. Were Oden in Morris' unique shoes, do you really think the NBA would show restraint?

 

Hypothetical:

Say UK played OSU sometime in mid-January and Morris plays the game of his life, dominating Oden. What then? There's a place on just about any NBA roster for a dependable low-post scorer, and that certainly seems to be young Randolph's calling card …

I hope he plays well. Without Morris the Cats offense is terrible.

Let's just play with an example. Let's say the Mavs have a rash of injuries inside and by early Feb. they need to add a big body for the stretch or the playoffs are at risk. If RM is the best option on the FA market, do you really think Cuban wouldn't make a play for him???

 

 

It's a big assumption that RM would be the best FA on the market. Why RM when a stud like Paul Shirley is available?

As Morris goes, so do the Cats. Therefore, I hope he does very, very well.

As me and Hammertime discussed yesterday, I really do not see him leaving during the season at all. The only case I could see him leaving is if it looks like we wont make the NCAA tournament and has a offer to him. That is the only way I see him leaving.

 

Because as I said yesterday, most likely any offer he gets is not going to be overwhelming to just make him get up and leave right away. Then also I dont see him wanting to leave to probably not play to much and sit on the bench when he joined that team, while here at UK he is playing the whole time and is the star of the team. So I dont see him being willing to give up being the star on the team and the chance to lead his team in the tournament, to going to an NBA team where he probably wont play that much right away.

 

If he leaves it will be after the college season is over, and well I think that is a great possibility that he would leave then as soon as the season is over....

I would hope NBA teams would have enough since to know that a player who has missed most of the season and never played in an NBA game is not the best option available. Morris is a good player, but not that good. Now if it was Greg Oden then that maybe a little different situation if he was in Morris' shoes.

If an NBA team is looking around for a Center/Power Forward, it would most likely be for production purposes... despite RM being one of the better interior players in college, he is not ready to make a contribution, imo.

What's he played maybe 5 games in his career up to his potential and, we're sending him to the NBA. I don't agree with Billy Packer much, but he made a very good point Saturday. He said he was voted second team all conference, but if he got it together between the ears he could be the best in the SEC. I thought Saturday was as close as he's come to playing up to his potential.

This question is absurd. Morris couldn't make an impact in the NBA right now. Especially since he was undrafted, hasn't worked out for NBA teams in a long time, and is untested and untried in the NBA. If he's your answer in the NBA playoffs, then ..............................................YOU AREN'T WINNING ANYTHING in the NBA playoffs.

I would hope NBA teams would have enough since to know that a player who has missed most of the season and never played in an NBA game is not the best option available. Morris is a good player, but not that good. Now if it was Greg Oden then that maybe a little different situation if he was in Morris' shoes.

 

 

If there was any possibility Morris could make an impact than maybe, but he's not Oden, he's not Noah, and the only impact he would make immidiatly in the NBA would be that he left college mid-season so they'd have to make a new rule.