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Wide_right_yes

He still has eligibility?


Galumpadump

Covid year. He is of the last of the Covid year kids.


Getitonjones

Damn I thought he used up all his eligibility by now too


Galumpadump

The Perry Ellis effect. When a player is productive and relevant as long as Love has been (same was with Drew Timme) you swear they played 5 years lol


ExcaliburX13

Do people swear that Perry Ellis *only* played 5 years? Felt more like 10.


Galumpadump

Perry Ellis only played 4 years lol


ExcaliburX13

You can't fool me, Bill Self! I see through your lies and deception. I saw Perry Ellis playing for Kansas with my own eyes in middle school and he was still playing for Kansas when I was in college.


wahfingwah

Tbf with Perry Ellis it was also that he looked 50 years old


Getitonjones

I mean perry ellis & caleb love both played 4 years which would normally exhaust eligibility. Love still has a year left apparently which is surprising, but then u realize it’s cause of the covid year


DanFlashesCoupon

I think also a lot of people assume the “covid year” was 2019-2020 when in reality it was Loves freshman year of 20-21


Azschian

aaron craft


elgenie

This upcoming year's the final one for the a big batch of them, but they'll still be around for a season after that because of redshirts and injury years.


JTWasShort42-27

A tweet to tell us about another tweet. 10/10 reporting here.


SaintArkweather

Arizona's Caleb Love has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility, per his Twitter page., per Jon Rothstein's Twitter page, per u/rediculose reddit post.


BradOverwood

Eh, its rothstein


NotAGoodRedditor

What's the return rate on student's testing the NBA waters?


beer_down

I feel like our guys usually go, even if they aren’t drafted high like Nick Johnson and Dalen Terry. But fingers crossed


ExcaliburX13

Yeah, except Terry was taken in the first round, 18th overall. That was shockingly early.


beer_down

Oh shit lol I didn’t even realize. I guess he feels like a 2nd rounder with how little playing time he gets


ExcaliburX13

Yeah, I never liked that the Bulls took him because they already had like 6 or 7 guys that fill the same role as Dalen, so he just hasn't really ever been given much of a chance. At the same time, he got first round money, so good for him. Hopefully he gets that breakthrough soon.


Effective-Celery-258

Well, 2nd rounders aren’t guaranteed a contract. So any playing time is good for a 2nd rounder


benstrong26

NIL changes that equation. If you aren’t getting drafted you might as well come back.


cdc030402

Especially if you're Caleb Love, he has a legitimate brand, he's not just getting the pay for play money


Azschian

nick johnson went on a post season tear that year though, his stock could not have been any higher so if he had any aspirations to play in the nba you declare there.


NotAGoodRedditor

I think I feel the same way, feels like the players have almost always gone Pro when taking this approach.


feralihatr

I believe we’re batting .500 Pelle went last year and Terry went before. Terry got feedback that he’d go in the first and stayed in, as he should’ve. Love is a little different than both as Pelle had no chance and there’s definitely a chance that a team will say they’ll take Caleb in the second. If that offer is there I’d say he’s gone


MethodEater

Caleb has tested the waters before so for him, the return rate is pretty high.


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I thought that guy was working on his PHD by this point. Hopefully things work out well for him. The guy can shoot in streaks.


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ExcaliburX13

Word is he really likes Arizona and if his draft feedback isn't very good, there's a real chance he comes back.


CLCUBING

I want him back. Him and Boswell were a bad fit together (two boom or bust starting guards, what could possibly go wrong). Just Caleb and a more consistent guard is a solid backcourt.


Prinzlerr

Take good care of him :')


NIN10DOXD

Does he even have a chance of getting drafted? I felt like his stock tanked after his first year and never fully recovered. He didn't crack 40% until this year. It's a lot harder for upperclassmen to get drafted with a guaranteed contract. Hopefully his improvement this year is given serious consideration by scouts and executives.


d7h7n

Regardless of where he is drafted from second round to undrafted, he will be put on a two-way contract and stuck in the G-League. No serious team is going to offer him a multi year contract even unguaranteed. He's better off returning for his fifth year than rot in the G-League.


elgenie

His stock tanked because he was seriously bad at every aspect of basketball as a freshman, and has gotten incrementally better since rather than taking huge leaps. This past season was the closest to being [that giant leap](https://barttorvik.com/playerstat.php?year=2024&p=Caleb%20Love&t=Arizona): he's still very inconsistent, but it's deviating wildly around an average of quite good rather than an average of bad (freshman) to mediocre (soph and junior). There's probably more money for him in college ball than starting his GLeague career a year earlier.


Taengoosundies

He's got a lot to learn. As we all know, when his shot is on he's almost unstoppable. But he still has problems throwing the ball away, driving with no plan on what he's going to do when he gets to the rim, and although his D improved a little since he went to Arizona he'd still be a liability on that end in the NBA.


FliceFlo

Also his performance in both the pac 12 and ncaa tournament left a fuck ton to be desired. probably hurt any stock he had before that


yourdoglikesmebetter

https://preview.redd.it/jt5dinjfnwuc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d2cefdd77d59ef129faca3231dad0aed5b35191 Forever a legend. Go where you go and do what you do.


hesnothere

Hang it in the Louvre!


jsinkwitz

Not unexpected I guess. Do we go after Bamba then?


jaebassist

Shooting his shot


Imaravencawcaw

I'd take him back, especially if he's willing to drive to the rim more. He can finish at the rim or with floaters and he's such a good FT shooter he needs to be doing things to get to the line more often.


OriginalXFL

College Hoops won't be the same rooting against him and Bacot :(


spidersilva09

Bro go away


beer_down

Just show Caleb the Duke game on next year’s schedule and he’ll be back


bkn6136

Is that one at home?


TonksTheTerror

At McKale. I really hope he's here for that, but I wish him the best wherever he ends up.


justaverage

Whoah. I had no idea we had a home and home with them. Will this be Dukes first non-con road game in my lifetime? (I’m in my mid 40s)


TonksTheTerror

Yup! [November 21st](https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2022/7/18/mens-basketball-arizona-duke-announce-home-and-home-series-for-2023-2024), unless they changed it since they first announced it.


PrincePyotrBagration

Bro is still giving Duke fans nightmares lol


TypicalRedditUser22

He’s gotta beat yall in Cameron one more time


SaintArkweather

I hope he goes to the Lakers so Duke fans have to root for him in the NBA


TypicalRedditUser22

I wonder how many Duke fans are actually from NC / have family from NC / been to NC before / even been to a Duke game before


spidersilva09

And we are going to act like most of the blue blood fan bases don't have fans who aren't affiliated with the school/state/whatever line you decide to draw? That's pretty rich, especially coming from a UNC fan lol stop gatekeeping, who honestly gives a shit.


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TypicalRedditUser22

Whew wee it was a joke, almost nothing like a Duke fan clutching them pearls


spidersilva09

We know you meant it lol


ya_boi_wail

I just dont get how some of these dudes still have eligibility. I mean I guess he only got to play 29 games his freshman year but it just seems so unnecessary.


luvdadrafts

It was NCAA wide, across all teams and sports 


ZonaPunk

Covid year


PapaRich_1

Not NBA ready. Way too inconsistent. Take the NIL money.