PennFan10
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05-03-23 12:36 PM - Post#356122
In response to palestra38
Again, if NBA scouts and agents have told him he has to demonstrate he can put up numbers at a higher level, winning the Ivies is wholly irrelevant.
Based on all things I have heard this is very much the leading reason JD is transferring. All the other reasons cited play a part, but a distant part relative to this.
Consider the timing. If NIL was a factor he would have left last year. According to my sources, he was coming back as of March. He declared for the draft, which allows NBA personnel and scouts to provide feedback and puts him on their radar. He waits until the end of the portal window to add his name (which likely means his destination options were pre arranged to include 1 or 2 schools). This was a surprise to the coaches as I understand it. While he may have considered this option previously or was contemplating it this year, he clearly got information about his NBA potential after declaring that pushed him over the edge to enter the portal.
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