I'm not gonna poo-poo the young man. He's my second favorite player on the team.
The reality is though that he's got some significant holes in his "NBA" game. You have to either (a) be able to stretch the floor/attack close-outs or (b) be physically dominant (a la Embiid, Nurkic, etc.). Banks is neither of those.
Doesn't mean he can't develop (a). However, if he enters the draft, he'll be waaay behind several "bigs" who've shown these abilities already. He'll also be pit against a couple 3's and some 2's(arguably), who are comparable to him size-wise, who will destroy him on the perimeter in a workout/combine setting.
Staying in the draft would not be a wise decision for him ... however ....
If he simply wants to start the next chapter of his basketball life, leaving may not necessarily be a bad decision. As
@Techster alludes to, and as I told ya'll last year about Okogie and no one wanted to listen, there are many different levels of basketball which would represent success in life.
Now that the GLeague structure is on the road to resembling the minor league baseball route, it's now a viable basketball alternative in addition to the myriad overseas options.
Gone are the days of, "Uh oh, so-and-so didn't get drafted. Guess he'll be bagging groceries now, should've got his degree, blah, blah ..."
Let's just hope he gets good feedback and comes back here to work on his game.
And, get your slings and arrows ready for this one, this is why I pause a little when folks tout Reveno so much. He clearly is good at developing old school bigs but the game has changed.
The skills Reveno is developing are nice at the college level but when it comes to pros ...
One could make the analogy of CPJ's offense impacting our fball recruiting. No, his job isn't to "make pros". But, for the sake of our recruiting, he's selling Ford Escorts while our competition is giving away Teslas.
