Tyler Cook Denver Pre-Draft Workout Interview

[smhawk]

The G league pay has been terrible, someone randomly pulled a 50k number, do you have a link for that?

50k still isnt isnt much. Iowa degree is going to look a whole lot better than some online degree. Plus he wull lose out on tutoring resources.

He should do the jump if he can get drafted, or make 100k in Europe. But that doesn't look realistic.

 

[mopkins]

The G league pay has been terrible, someone randomly pulled a 50k number, do you have a link for that?

50k still isnt isnt much. Iowa degree is going to look a whole lot better than some online degree. Plus he wull lose out on tutoring resources.

He should do the jump if he can get drafted, or make 100k in Europe. But that doesn't look realistic.

League minimum in the G-league is 35k next year. You also get insurance and housing during the season and its only for 5 months...so 7k per month. Outside of that 5 months you can make money in other ways. For example, I saw Peter Jok is hosting a shooting clinic for kids at $100 per kid.

The main benefit IMO isn't the money, its that you don't have to go to school and you don't have limited contact with coaches and limited amount of practices. In the G-league you can focus 100% on basketball and not worry about making grades or studying for your finals.

 

[mopkins]

That's so dumb to me from a logic standpoint. Doesn't that just go to prove that the NBA only cares about protecting themselves from drafting busts (not that it does that anyway) You can't let kids play for 35k a yr instead and say your 'protecting' them. Letting them get drafted and sign a multi million dollar deal would help them more than that does... If they financially waste that then that's on them there's no protecting anyone from that.
But if I'm a player and I don't want to go to school and would rather focus on ball the injury risk is the same. These guys would be up for endorsments as well. So we'll see if that option catches on more.

Oh make no mistake...the "one and done" rule only exists to protect owners from their own stupidity.

It was a rare thing to draft a high schooler directly into the NBA at first. And then Kobe and KG and Dwight Howard and Lebron happened and suddenly teams were afraid if they didn't draft the next hottest high school kid they were going to miss out. Then teams started overreacting and between 2003 and 2005 you had 22 high schoolers drafted straight into the NBA. They were "victims" of their own stupidity

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Oh make no mistake...the "one and done" rule only exists to protect owners from their own stupidity.

It was a rare thing to draft a high schooler directly into the NBA at first. And then Kobe and KG and Dwight Howard and Lebron happened and suddenly teams were afraid if they didn't draft the next hottest high school kid they were going to miss out. Then teams started overreacting and between 2003 and 2005 you had 22 high schoolers drafted straight into the NBA. They were "victims" of their own stupidity

Bingo... That sums it up I'd say. So to 'fix' that and protect themselves from themselves they have to restrict what the 18 yr old young adults can do with themselves... Logic at it's finest...

 

[Xerxes]

That is his niche not only to get into league, but stay there. Ryan Bowen played 10+ years in the NBA being a hustle/energy guy. Bowen was light years ahead of Cook defensively, but his offensive skill set was somewhat similar. If you don't have a well rounded game you are better off finding a role and excelling at it. Bowen probably averaged about 10 minutes a game for his career and I would guess made 2 or 3 million dollars.

Draymond Green is the prime example of a guy who has limited athleticism but through hard work, hustle, energy, sometimes being a goon, has carved out a great career so far. Now his offensive and defensive games are light years ahead of Tyler Cook. But he's not a naturally gifted guy. Tyler is far superior to him there. If Tyler wants it bad enough, Green is the standard of a guy a traditional forward sized guy who isn't a flashy guard or a stretch big man who can still be a very valuable member of a good team.

 

[mopkins]

Draymond Green is the prime example of a guy who has limited athleticism but through hard work, hustle, energy, sometimes being a goon, has carved out a great career so far. Now his offensive and defensive games are light years ahead of Tyler Cook. But he's not a naturally gifted guy. Tyler is far superior to him there. If Tyler wants it bad enough, Green is the standard of a guy a traditional forward sized guy who isn't a flashy guard or a stretch big man who can still be a very valuable member of a good team.

Its really not a bad comparison. Draymond's first 2 years at Michigan State he wasn't anything special. His junior year he developed a good-enough outside shot that teams had to respect it. He also improved his free throw shooting and rebounding every year. Then his senior year he ended up player of the year.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Draymond Green is the prime example of a guy who has limited athleticism but through hard work, hustle, energy, sometimes being a goon, has carved out a great career so far. Now his offensive and defensive games are light years ahead of Tyler Cook. But he's not a naturally gifted guy. Tyler is far superior to him there. If Tyler wants it bad enough, Green is the standard of a guy a traditional forward sized guy who isn't a flashy guard or a stretch big man who can still be a very valuable member of a good team.

Draymond Green guards some of the top guards and forwards in the NBA and more often than not shuts them down. Saying he isn't a great athlete is pretty ridiculous. He moves so well on defense it's crazy...you can't do what he does if you aren't a great athlete. Come on. Does he work hard and play with tenacity all the time...yes...but don't act like he some overachieving stooge with "limited athleticism".

 

[Xerxes]

Draymond Green guards some of the top guards and forwards in the NBA and more often than not shuts them down. Saying he isn't a great athlete is pretty ridiculous. He moves so well on defense it's crazy...you can't do what he does if you aren't a great athlete. Come on. Does he work hard and play with tenacity all the time...yes...but don't act like he some overachieving stooge with "limited athleticism".

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. We are talking about a 4 year college player which is the #1 indicator of lack of NBA level athleticism. Guys get drafted in the lottery for the athleticism alone with zero developed NBA level skills. That's why there are so many lottery busts.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

The reason he wasn't high on the draft list is because teams thought he was a "tweener"...too big to guard the 2 and too small to guard the NBA 3 and 4 in the NBA. He was drafted like 35 or something after his senior year. He guards them all and rebounds with the best of them too. People underestimated his will, strength, and athleticism. You don't guard guys like he guards without being a great athlete. He also is highly instinctive and intelligent to go with his athletic gifts. He's all defensive NBA...that's like saying Rodman wasn't an athlete.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Well Udoka Azubuike is going back to Kansas. If a dude that was putting up 13/7 that's a 7 footer for a team as good as Kansas is going back to college when at best he was told he'd be a 2nd round pick... He's also going to be a junior this year. Hope we hear from Cook soon.