i think our chances with Jermaine will ride on how well Jakarr does this year.
Are you saying Jermaine only comes if Jakarr leaves?
in my opinion i think that's the likely scenario. if jakarr decides to jump to the nba its obvious that he had a really good season. and in jermaine's eye and lavin's pitch will be he got 2 fwds in 2 consecutive years to the nba. plus that opens up the position just for jermaine.
I don't think Karr leaves. I think he will not get the chances Maurice had last year. And I would not discount the desire he has to play with Hooper I strongly feel. That being said I don't know if that helps or hurts. With Karr back in 13 we are extremely dangerous team. Would Jermaine want to join that?
At this time last year did you think Moe/Maurice would leave?
At this time last year everyone (including scouts and recruiting experts) thought Moe was 6'6. Once he showed up on campus at almost 6'9, the chance of Moe going pro soon became very real. That's an exception.
At the 2k tournament in the beginning of the season I happened to be sitting in the row behind a number of nba scouts. Mitch Kuchak the gm for the Lakers was literally the seat in front of me. And this must have been the first time he saw Moe, because right after the tip, first or second possession, he asked some guy from the Sonics what he had Moe listed at, and the guy said 6'6 to 6'7, and Kupchak said that can't be right "Harkless has inches on Hill", meaning Solomon Hill from Arizona.
I can tell you that for the rest of the game, not only was the whole row commenting on how long Moe looked, and talking about him generally, but they charted his shots and spent 90% of the game with their binders open to Moe's page. Not Turner, or Nick Johnson, or Lindsey (which surprised me at the time).
And that was way before he dropped 30 on Providence, or had his big game against Duke. I really think the reason Moe wasn't talked about as a one and done, or as highly touted before the season was because everyone thought he had average sf size.