May 23, 200917 yr More bad news for Florida: http://johnclay.bloginky.com/2009/05/23/florida-loses-nick-calathes-to-greece/
May 23, 200917 yr Author :eek: Lots of disappointed fans here, I'm sure. Yeah, I have an upset stomach now after this news.
May 23, 200917 yr Players going to Europe is starting to become a pretty big trend. Used to it was guys who were past their prime and couldn't cut it in the NBA, or guys who fell short of making an NBA roster. Now you have one of the top high school prospects (Brandon Jennings), an occasional starter and role guy from an NBA playoff team (Josh Childress), now one of the top college players and likely lottery-mid round guy in Calathes. I'm not Nick so I would not know his reasoning, but I bet the opportunity to play with the Euro league champs may have had something to do with the move? If he goes there, gets to start, then plays good, then he may get a much better deal for his first NBA contract. As we all know now based on the sliding scale for rookies, that second deal is now the most important, and we are starting to see guys use unconventional methods in trying to maximize their options for that second deal.
May 23, 200917 yr Oh and BTW, see ya later Florida. Go from back to back champs to downward spiral and nobody's hit the ejection seat yet. Billy D's got a mess down there, and although he can coach a little bit, the tools just aren't in the shed down in Gainesville anymore. If he doesn't hit it big with the class of 10' then it may continue to get real ugly. Not that I'm worried or anything.
May 24, 200917 yr From Zagsblog: First off, sophomore point guard Nick Calathes will bypass his final two years of college eligibility to play professionally…in Greece. The article goes on to say that his dad his behind the decision and his brother plays over there too. Just seems odd to me. Something must be up at UF. It also says that the Gators may be getting involved in the Lance Stephenson sweepstakes now. This all seems very odd to me... LINK
May 24, 200917 yr Well....something seems fishy in Gaines(CANES)ville. Makes me glad we didn't get Billy D.
May 24, 200917 yr Well....something seems fishy in Gaines(CANES)ville. Makes me glad we didn't get Billy D. It's amazing what a couple of years will do to a program...
May 24, 200917 yr Funny this happens to Billy D, as soon as he turned down the UK job, UK got WAAAY better and his team has gotten worse. I love it! I am glad we did not get Billy D.
May 24, 200917 yr :lol: Stinks for Florida. NIT again? Maybe even GIT (Gainesville Invitational Tourney). :thumb:
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