I think when we look back in the Billy Donovan's career in Florida I think what we will realize is that yes they did have one great squad of players that won two National Championships but other than that, he has had some real problems keeping kids at Florida. For example: Jason Williams (granted academic problems), Mike Miller, Anthony Robinson, Matt Walsh, and Walter Hodge just to name a few. The newest case of this is Nick Calathes.
He was a pretty solid player in the first two years at Florida and he had a great sophomore campaign so he decided to enter his name into the draft. The NBA people had said he might go late first round but was likely bound for the second round so Calathes atleast knew he probably was getting drafted. Not so fast my friend.
Calathes decides that it would be a good idea to sign with a pro team in Greece instead because he is a dual citizen with Greece/USA and his family is worried that he might not make the second round of the draft. I really question the excuse of his family wanted to be protected in case Calathes wasnt drafted, I mean the guy probably still gets a Euroleague deal if that happens around the same amount of money.
So whats the real reason? I think he is just settling playing in Greece because he is fimilar with how things work over there and would rather know he is playing every day for the Greek team Panathinaikos. I think the real shitty thing about this all is his agent is trying to snake Calathes' name into the draft even with this signed contract. In my opinion, you made up your mind now
live with the decision.
-Charlie.
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