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  10. Will Roby be back next year?

    in The Haymarket Hardwood

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    Found this yesterday.   Interesting information.  

     

    From Hail Varsity by Derek Peterson 

     

    Love or Hate : Roby’s Move, Hoiberg’s Reset,  Eratad’s Fall

     

    Isaiah Roby has an NBA Draft Combine invite. He’s one of only 66 players to have that. He’s hoping to become the first Husker drafted since 1999.

     

    A report from Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota gave a pretty good indication of what that combine invite means for Roby’s draft prospects:

     

    In the last five years, 43 of the 60 draft picks on averaged were combine participants.

    In the last five years, there have only been a total of 11 college players drafted who didn’t participate in the combine (international guys are growing in popularity).

    I think Roby’s decision should have been made after securing a combine invite. He’ll test well in the athletic portions of the event, set to take place May 15-19. He looks the part of an NBA player, possessing the size and versatility a team will always take a chance on. ESPN’s recent mock draft has him 37th to the Mavericks. 

     

    While that’s second round, it’s still early second round, which means good things. According to NBC Sports, 65 of the 72 college players selected between 31st and 45th of the last six drafts (90.3 percent) signed a guaranteed contract from an NBA team, and only two college players taken in the top 40 since 2012 didn’t get a guaranteed contract during their first season as a pro.

     

    Creighton’s Khyri Thomas went 38th to the Pistons last season and signed a three-year, $3.92 million deal with the first two years guaranteed. One spot earlier — Roby’s projected spot — Gary Clark Jr. went to the Blazers and signed a fully guaranteed three-year deal. The Nets drafted Rodions Kurucs with the 40th pick in the draft and gave him a four-year, $6.96 million deal with the first three years guaranteed. 

     

    All these things are good things for Roby. Playing in the NBA is the dream and he seems incredibly close to achieving that dream. He doesn’t really owe Nebraska much at this point; the team he’d be returning to would feature one player he’s played with at Nebraska, a coaching staff he doesn’t know and a system he’s new to. 

     

    The NBA’s looking better and better.

     

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  11. Will Roby be back next year?

    in The Haymarket Hardwood

    Posted · Edited by ZAYWHAT!

    I found out tonight he does not have to declare on May 29th one way or the other  since he was invited to the combine.   If he does not get drafted he comes back.   If he’s drafted he does not come back.   May 29th is irrelevant.  

     

    I heard he had a great tryout with the Bulls today.  

     

    The combine starts Tuesday.  

  13. Will Roby be back next year?

    in The Haymarket Hardwood

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    So help me out here.   I have heard two different things.

     

      Scenario #1 since Isaiah was invited to the NBA combine he does not have to declare he is going pro and can see if he gets drafted and if he gets drafted he goes with the team that picks him and if he does not get drafted he can go back to nebrasaka for his senior year.

     

    Scenerio #2 he has too declare by May 29th if he will go through the draft and then  is not allowed to return to Nebraska for his senior year if he goes through the draft.   

     

    which way is it?

     

  15. Will Roby be back next year?

    in The Haymarket Hardwood

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    13 hours ago, DOATHLON said:

    Watched a lot of basketball the last few weeks and he's a great prospect. That's the key. His ceiling is still high. What scouts will be skeptical of us his  production

     

    Sports illustrated in their analysis of him recently  said he was likely underutilized offensively in part due to selfish guards.     That’s one way to put it , and I agree that Palmer rarely looked for him near to or breaking to the basket.   I would guess he would have increased his scoring considerably if that had occurred.  

  17. Will Roby be back next year?

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    I think he has another semester before he can graduate.    

     

    Also here is a link that tells what kind of money is out there for second rounders in the NBA.      This kind of money is hard to pass up.   You never know when you will tear your ACL (Copeland).

     

    https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2018/10/recap-of-2018-nba-draft-pick-signings.html

     

    He did have a phenomenal last home game at PBA .   Too bad his likely  last game as a husker last night was not like last weeks home game.  

  21. Will Roby be back next year?

    in The Haymarket Hardwood

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    Copeland , Glynn , Tanner,  and Palmer are all gone.  He would be the only returning senior.       We all know Isaiah has aspirations to play in the NBA.    It seems that the majority of those drafted these days are freshmen or sophomores.   Looking at his future from Isaiah’s possible perspective ,  does coming back for his senior year improve his chances in the nba draft?    It seems nearly a done deal that there will be a new coach in Nebraska.   New coach and a new system.      It seems to me that with the big three seniors leaving and tanner as well that  there will be less overall talent next year on the floor for the huskers  than this year.   Could be a long season.   Would a losing season hurt his chances of making the nba?    Isaiah would likely be playing the 5 spot again for the huskers quite a bit of the time  , not his natural position.    He would seemingly be the featured scorer which could be good for him as he doesn’t seem to have ever allowed himself to step into that roll.  I’m not sure he is capable of that roll.   He had so many opportunities after Copeland went down to step up and score and did not do it most of the time.    Was it because it’s not the kind of player he is?   Did he lack confidence?  Was he too unselfish? Was he just not capable of stepping up and becoming a consistent scorer?    Is he capable of making it in the nba or was this his audition down the stretch this season in the big ten and he did not pass the test?  He has big games from time to time and he does amazing things  from time to time.    Will coming back help or hurt him?  Has he showed enough?  ESPNs mock NBA draft online had him at 32 this past week even after the disappointing slide of the Huskers this season and Isaiah’s ups and downs.   What do you think ?     

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