Anyone know the word on J-Money???

[fishwater99]

Coming back to State, Free-agent in NBA, off to Italy??

I hope he comes back to MSU and plays the 2 or 3, with Bost at PG.

1 Bost /Jamont
2 Barry/ Jamont
3 Jamont / Osby / Ravern
4 Osby / B. Johnson
5 Swat /Bailey

 

[fishwater99]

Coming back to State, Free-agent in NBA, off to Italy??

I hope he comes back to MSU and plays the 2 or 3, with Bost at PG.

1 Bost /Jamont
2 Barry/ Jamont
3 Jamont / Osby / Ravern
4 Osby / B. Johnson
5 Swat /Bailey

 

[Goat Holder]

nm

 

[KurtRambis4]

him back. he's a terrible college player and brings absolutely nothing to our team. if he can come back, the fact that he wasn't the top PG taken in the draft only hurts MSU's chances at doing anything next year(obviously because he wasn't drafted).

 

[MaxwellSmart]

you got your head right.

 

[Center Z]

Certainly not on this board...

 

[8dog]

say all you want, but Walter Sharpe got drafted and that's all you need to know.

 

[KurtRambis4]

that's exactly what the morons that say "jamont sucks because he wasn't drafted" would agree with...unbelievable...

 

[fishwater99]

Or the fact that he turns the ball over too much to be a PG and is two inconsistent to be a SG and too small to be a SF in the NBA.

I have never said that JG was not a great college player, just that he will not ever play PG in the NBA.
He also has been playing out of position while at MSU.
If he was such a great PG then he would have been drafted as one.

I hope he does come back to MSU for his senior year.

 

[KurtRambis4]

nt

 

[DerHntr]

nm

 

[DerHntr]

nm

 

[MSU Moral Victory]

the question was if there was any word on him coming back. Is there?

 

[Dawgpile]

None of his coaches had the foresight to make him run more after practice.

 

[dawgstudent]

he can't get a quote from anyone. So the door is still slightly open for Gordon's chance to wear the Maroon and White next season.

No Contact

Decision Needed

 

[rhs43]

I could see him wanting to come back now, but he might have blown his chances by being so sure he was gonna get drafted and not going to class.

 

[patdog]

Veazey cut and pasted a Q&A from the NCAA about eligibility for players who declare for the draft. It clearly said that any player who reaches a VERBAL OR WRITTEN agreement with an agent forfeits his eligibility. It would be real hard to argue that he didn't have a verbal agreement with his agent since the guy has been actively representing him.

 

[dawgstudent]

All signs point to a verbal agreement but there is nothing that says 100%.

 

[Dawgpile]

We're in verbal agreement of the whole contract, except the clause where I get to cut off your pinky-toe with a cigar clipper...Right Jamont?

 

[patdog]

and Jamont's been letting him actively represent him, with no verbal agreement? That's plenty proof for me, and I'm sure for the NCAA.

Edited to add that we're debating a moot point anyway. Because the #1 reason Jamont won't be back in Starkville is that he decided months ago he wasn't coming back no matter what happened in the draft.

 

[fishwater99]

I think your right about Jamont, but in "theory" he could come back...

I think he made a HUGE mistake by not going to the Orlando draft camp and listening to his people, whoever they are.

 

[patdog]

I think he made a HUGE mistake by not going to the Orlando draft camp and listening to his people, whoever they are.

If I'm a GM evaluating who I'm going to draft, Jamont skipping that camp sends me a huge signal that he's afraid of the competition, even if I give him a workout on the side like a lot of teams do. Jamont and his advisors forgot to take into account that yeah, a few teams were interested in him. But they were interested in 30 other players too. And hell, for all we know, they may have just brought him in so they could have someone for the players they were really interested in to play against. </p>

 

[lawdawg02]

The fact that the ncaa recognizes both written and verbal agreements indicates that they will likely allow circumstantial evidence of verbal agreements. Surely they know that players and agents would be likely to lie about verbal agreements if faced with such accusations. The circumstantial evidence around this relationship is probably overwhelming. Ask veazey. Also important is who was paying for and coordinating his workouts. I don't remember how the randolph morris situation played out, but I remember something about his 'advisor' finding the misplaced fax on his desk that said morris wanted to go back to college. Maybe morris's advisor wasn't telling newspaper reporters that an agreement "is as good as signed".