February 27, 201214 yr I saw it and thought it was the classic "non-apology apology." Why bother? You might be right. I just think it's better than nothing.
February 27, 201214 yr Sure Coach Cal will urge him to go but it's not like he's going to force him to. If he tells Cal "I like it hear, I'm happy here", I'm pretty sure Cal will tell him that every one loves having him here. I could have heard this wrong. But I am pretty sure that when he was at Memphis he did force one of his players to go pro. It was his first star player he had at Memphis, and told him I am not giving you a scholarship next year, you need to go ahead and go pro.
February 27, 201214 yr I could have heard this wrong. But I am pretty sure that when he was at Memphis he did force one of his players to go pro. It was his first star player he had at Memphis, and told him I am not giving you a scholarship next year, you need to go ahead and go pro. ^Dejaun Wagner? He writes about it in his book, "Bounce Back".
February 27, 201214 yr While Wagner's NBA career did not turn out to be what he had hoped for, it's still hard to argue that Cal gave him bad advice. According to Dajuan Wagner NBA & ABA Statistics | Basketball-Reference.com he scored less than 1,000 points while in the NBA but still earned over $8 million while in the league. I would assume that there was likely some additional money from endorsements and so forth. No where else could he have made that kind of money, and had he stayed in school he would have risked the health issues manifesting prior to being drafted. Just another example of why it's also best to take the money when you have a chance. You never know what the future holds.
February 27, 201214 yr ^ Didn't Wagner battle injuries all his career? Heck, he may still be playing somewhere overseas. Made more than I will probably ever make.
February 27, 201214 yr ^ Didn't Wagner battle injuries all his career? Heck, he may still be playing somewhere overseas. Made more than I will probably ever make. I think there was some type of career ending disease or injury.
February 27, 201214 yr He had ulcerative colitis, which is a disease in the intestine. Thought he had to have his colon or part of his intestines removed.
February 27, 201214 yr Roman Empire is right. His career was ended do to this disease. Cal actually helped my sure this kid got a lot of money that he probably wouldn't have had he stayed in college. Granted it doesn't always work out this way, but Cal was dead on with this one.
February 27, 201214 yr He writes about it in his book, "Bounce Back". Someone actually read Bounce Back?
February 27, 201214 yr Someone actually read Bounce Back? Yup, been reading it throughout this month. It's not great, but it does have some good stories (like this one) and I've enjoyed some of the practical things he provides.
February 27, 201214 yr Someone actually read Bounce Back? Never read it. I use it to set my water and cell phone on top of the night stand.
February 27, 201214 yr Didn't someone say last year that Harrison Barnes had a 5% chance of returning to North Carolina. Would never happen!!! Well how did that work out? Lets let the Kidd be a kid....IMO!!!
February 27, 201214 yr ^ Didn't Wagner battle injuries all his career? Heck, he may still be playing somewhere overseas. Made more than I will probably ever make. Yes, that why I said that had he stayed in school he would have risked the health issues prior to getting drafted if he stayed 3 or 4 years. Not really something you can predict, that why I believe that any of these kids who WILL get drafted would be silly to stay in school. You'd work 20+ years with say an accounting degree, before you could make what they will in one season in the NBA. The bad part is the kids who get bad advice from those hoping to capitalize off of their success, who go undrafted and have nothing to fall back on.
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