After an up and down performance at the NBA pre-draft camp last week, Dominic James will begin individual workouts for NBA teams soon. Considering the mediocre reviews at the camp last week (there were no glowing accounts of his play when all was said and done) it seems that James is a long-shot to be drafted at this juncture, but ESPN's Chad Ford is not sure being drafted will prevent DJ from going pro:
Several underclassmen may have hurt their chances of being drafted. Marquette's Dominic James, Fresno State's Dominic McGuire, Texas A&M's Joseph Jones, Virginia's Sean Singletary, Nevada's Marcelus Kemp, and Clemson's James Mays need to return to school. They didn't play well enough to warrant a first-round selection, and even a second-round selection is questionable for some of them.
That may be a problem for James and McGuire, who are rumored to be unwilling to return to school.
Maybe Dominic is hell-bent on moving on to professional basketball, even if Europe is his final destination. Regardless, James is smartly indicating that he's 'all-in' for now - - you don't chase your dreams halfway.
4 comments:
"That may be a problem for James and McGuire, who are rumored to be unwilling to return to school."
A little disappointing, I wish him luck, and I'll be glad when the "Dominic James Watch" is over.
Just hope he's learned something in the last 2 years, I'd hate to hear "You want fries with that?" coming out of his mouth as he's trying to make ends-meet in 10 years from now.
It makes no sense. Players stock usually rises with having a winning team and Marquette will be excellent this coming up year. If nothing else get your degree so you have a promising future if basketball falls through.
"If nothing else get your degree so you have a promising future if basketball falls through."
Too bad DJ is too much of an idiot to figure that out. Not like he can survive a Marquette education any further.
Dominic James definitely has potential to be a top 20, 25 first round pick, but he needs to tighten up. I agree with the second poster.
At the very least, James should finish his junior year. I was surprised to see that he even thought about going into the draft this year, especially with his shooting drought.
He should stay until he shows he can play like he did against Duke consistently.
Post a Comment