WAPO -- Mudiay -- what could have been

[gostangs]

He cost himself way more than a million. Not a good move.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

He cost himself way more than a million. Not a good move.

Correct - not that he or we really had a choice.

Hopefully for his sake Under Armour will make it up to him at some point.

[gostangs]

They would have done that anyway.

We just had to get this night behind us. Now it's time to turn the page.

[Stallion]

Jon Rothstein
✔ ‎@JonRothstein
The Denver Nuggets have gotten incredible value here. Emmanuel Mudiay would have been in discussion for 1st or 2nd pick if he went to SMU.


7:23 PM - 25 Jun 2015

[Rebel10]

He cost himself way more than a million. Not a good move.

He would have been drafted around the same had he gotten injured at SMU (without the million). Your assumption is that he would not have gotten hurt at SMU and you do not know that. It was all about the injury not where he played. He made a good move for him and SMU. It keep us out of a tougher NCAA investigation.

[Stallion]

Loser: Emmanuel Mudiay

Emmanuel Mudiay was drafted 7th overall, respectively, to the Denver Nuggets in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Mudiay went to high school in Dallas, Texas, and was highly recruited by SMU, but decided to play professionally in China. Brandon Jennings did the same thing in Italy in 2009. Many had Mudiay going 4th to the Knicks, which the fans in New York might have liked a little more, but he slipped down to 7th. He is left wondering where he would have been drafted if he had remained stateside.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2203111/winner ... VvWH18m.99

http://www.inquisitr.com/2203111/winner ... nba-draft/

[Junior]

Loser: Emmanuel Mudiay

Emmanuel Mudiay was drafted 7th overall, respectively, to the Denver Nuggets in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Mudiay went to high school in Dallas, Texas, and was highly recruited by SMU, but decided to play professionally in China. Brandon Jennings did the same thing in Italy in 2009. Many had Mudiay going 4th to the Knicks, which the fans in New York might have liked a little more, but he slipped down to 7th. He is left wondering where he would have been drafted if he had remained stateside.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2203111/winner ... VvWH18m.99

http://www.inquisitr.com/2203111/winner ... nba-draft/

Why did they use "respectively" in the first sentence? It's nonsensical.

[Rebel10]

Again, it's all about the injury not where he played. Either way I think he is set and SMU is not under a tougher investigation. Glad he is a multimillion now and able to take care of his family.

[LA_Mustang]

@LarryBrownSMU: Excited to see Eman reaching his dreams of being drafted. He's going to be a great pro for a long time. So happy for the Mudiay family!

[JoeKidd]

@LarryBrownSMU: Excited to see Eman reaching his dreams of being drafted. He's going to be a great pro for a long time. So happy for the Mudiay family!

As always Coach Brown with a classy tweet. Good luck to Eman and it is time for us to move on and look forward to an awesome 2015 season, Go Stangs!

[hoopmanx]

Not true-he could have been insured for far more than a Million under NCAA rules

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/ins ... e-programs

according to this article SMU could have paid the premiums on up to a 5 Million Dollar policy as long as Mudiay projected to a First Round Draft choice which he did

http://www.law360.com/articles/588210/n ... -direction

You're being so simplistic, it hurts. Mudiay was sent to China specifically by UA for diplomacy reasons. He didn't just cover his slide, he covered half his family for life by NOT playing at SMU

[CA Mustang]

In just looking at the first year salary, the top 3 will make more than #7 + $1.2M. http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/rookie_scale/2016

[Rebel10]

In just looking at the first year salary, the top 3 will make more than #7 + $1.2M. http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/rookie_scale/2016

You might want to reread what Hoopmanx just said.

[CA Mustang]

In just looking at the first year salary, the top 3 will make more than #7 + $1.2M. http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/rookie_scale/2016

You might want to reread what Hoopmanx just said.

Yes, I read it. Maybe someone can translate the code words into dollars and cents.

[gostangs]

Extra exposure of playing in the tournament would have helped him move up, and the difference over a contract would have made up way more than the million he made on China. It was not a good move, unless he and SMU were about to get slapped down- which I have no information on, other than under armour getting ahead of themselves. Hope they are banned from every campus in America.