Former Terp Drew Nicholas Was Surprised By Diamond Stone's Drop In The NBA Draft
Drew Nicholas is a former Maryland Terrapin basketball player who is now an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
Drew joined Ed and Steve to talk about the NBA Draft and whether or not Diamond Stone and Robert Carter Jr made the right choice to leave Maryland.
Drew started off by talking about Diamond Stone and if he made a mistake entering the draft early after falling to the second round saying "I was initially surprised by how low he went I thought he would go in the 18-30 range just based on his potential and what he could become." As for possible reasons that Diamond fell all the way to the 40th overall pick Drew said "I don't have any inside information on this but there has to be something that came up in his interviews or the background checks that had to be a little off."
When asked about Robert Carter Jr and his decision to leave Maryland early and telling NBA teams he would not report to a European team Drew said "I understand him telling NBA teams no...from the beginning I thought it was a complete mistake by him coming out and I didn't ever see him getting drafted." As for Jake Layman and whether or not he's in a good position with being traded to the Trail Blazers Drew said "he's a legitimate NBA three...does he drift in and out of games at times, yes but could he become a three and d guy? why not."