C(areless) J(udgment) Miles? Not really...
It's CJ Miles' party tonight, and he can cry if he wants to. More than likely, he will cry his way straight from hip-hop NBA dreams to the slow waltz of Big XII basketball. Kate Hairopoulos of the Dallas Morning News provides a profile of Miles and his actively-involved father. It is hard to be too critical of the Miles family's decision because of 2002 rule allowing prep players to enter the draft prior to enrolling in college and not risk losing their amateur status as long as they do not retain an agent. CJ has yet to obtain the services of an agent, with his father serving as his lead advisor thus far, and should he not get picked in the 1st round tonight, he could be the first player to take advantage of said rule and enroll in classes at UT in the fall. Seems like there's not a lot of risk for the player, and the only entity disadvantaged would be the college (should they withhold a schollie and CJ not use it) or the NBA team who uses a pick on CJ should CJ decide to forego the NBA.
posted by Scott | 9:28 AM
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OK, well I guess CJ is officially crying now. Let's notice that I also had my understanding of the prep player draft rule incorrect (still). The drafting team holds his draft rights until the player reemerges, if the player decides to go back to school rather than take his current NBA shot. Therefore, CJ gets second-round money from Utah when he leaves UT, unless he sits out a year after leaving UT, which I'm sure that he won't. Nice move, CJ...way to screw up a situation that 99.99% of kids across the country would kill for.
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