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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
In a situation like that, he would obviously get more game minutes in college than the NBA.
I don't follow the details of what is and is not allowed, but don't NBA teams have bigger coaching staffs and more money. So is it really true that a college star is going to get more individual coaching in college, where you nominally have to go to class, you have far fewer games, you can't spend as much of the year formally practicing, as would a NBA bench player?
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It depends on how much money and time they want to spend on you. With a non-guaranteed contract, it comes down to how much the team believes in you and what their situation is.
There's no hard and definitive answer either way. I'm sure the OU coaches wanted him to fix his shot his first three years, also. Why did it take until his senior year? Something changed - either Hield's effort, the coaching staff's effort, Hield's understanding of the coaching, or the method of the coaching.
But there is absolutely no guarantee he has the same development in the NBA. Talent matters, effort matters, but situation matters just as much.