Gil LeBreton
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PressBox DFW: The NBA dream and the cautionary tale of Sam Norton
By JOHN HENRY
PressBoxDFW.com
Soon after Texas finished off an NIT championship in New York, Longhorns coach Shaka Smart ruminated briefly over the saga of Kerwin Roach, a player he had to suspend for the last five games of the regular season before returning to atone with his play in the postseason.
“I don’t think he thought he would be in college this long,” said Smart, as part of his answer. “None of them really do.”
None of them really do.
In other words, most believe they will go pro long before exhausting four or five years of college eligibility.
Only days later, TCU forward Kouat Noi and Desmond Bane announced that they were entering their names in the NBA Draft.
Read more at: https://www.pressboxdfw.com/early-nba-draft-aspirants-should-never-forget-sam-norton/
By JOHN HENRY
PressBoxDFW.com
Soon after Texas finished off an NIT championship in New York, Longhorns coach Shaka Smart ruminated briefly over the saga of Kerwin Roach, a player he had to suspend for the last five games of the regular season before returning to atone with his play in the postseason.
“I don’t think he thought he would be in college this long,” said Smart, as part of his answer. “None of them really do.”
None of them really do.
In other words, most believe they will go pro long before exhausting four or five years of college eligibility.
Only days later, TCU forward Kouat Noi and Desmond Bane announced that they were entering their names in the NBA Draft.
Read more at: https://www.pressboxdfw.com/early-nba-draft-aspirants-should-never-forget-sam-norton/
