Going to the NBA early....

Did you know that Carmello Anthony and Chris Bosh were the ONLY freshman to go to the NBA this year??? I certainly did not realize they were the only ones. This is a good article about the mentality of coaches going after those 5-star recruits. The bottom line is that you probably want a mixed group - 8-10 players that will stay 3-4 years, provide leadership and stability, then you want to bring in 2-3 guys that will be 1-3 year players (if they develop). That way you have some fluidity, but also have that high impact talent to take you to the next level.

Was Chris Bosh that high impact player - we have discussed this many times here. He had great stats and was hard to defend, but the offense did not flow effectively through him IMO. A 5-star center is not going to take you to the final four, but a wing scorer/slasher can - a la Anthony. Big men are just hard to integrate into an offense - it can take 2-3 years. But once they are "in the flow" watch out. UConn may be a perfect example of that this year with Ekafor.