Any Word on Players Declaring?

We all wish Drew the best in pursuit of a career in professional basketball. Having said that, a few reality checks are in order.  Drew has excellent athleticism for a 6-10 guy and that has translated into a good college career.  He can block, board and run the floor and will have some versatility as a "3" or "4" in the pros. He's also very competitive.

As a defender, he needs some additional work inside and especially if he is defending a forward out on the floor. That however is the least of his deficiencies.  He brings very little offensive game to the floor. Power-dunkers are a dime a dozen around the world in pro ball.

Until he can face up and drain a mid-range jumper consistently, he is severely limited. Many athletes he will be competing with for minutes at the lower levels of professional basketball are accomplished 3-point shooters. That does not forecast a very long career playing the game for him. 

I think Drew would have benefited greatly from another year at OSU. A year to work on his offensive game in preparation for a pro career. I hope he completes his degree soon and that it is a meaningful degree - something he can fall back on vocationally. In my opinion, looking out for Drew's best interests, his declaration was ill-advised. 

LMAO... ya Drew is better than ML. Wow heard that Drew's frosh year too and he still can't face up and shoot.

Wow...

I disagree. What Drew needs to work on to be successful in the NBA (shooting range, defending guys in the perimeter, etc) are exactly the things we DON'T want him to do here at OSU. I don't think Oregon State's team would be served well by Drew tossing up 18 footers and guarding guys on the perimeter prepping for the NBA. Wayne Tinkle's not going to have a job if all his players are working on the skills they need for the pros and not doing what the team needs to do to win at the college level. We just don't have the talent to play a pro style offense/defense and compete. We need to take advantage of things like the smaller key, 35 second shot clock, zone defense, etc. to stay relevant. Basically we need Drew to take advantage of the size advantage he has now, even if he knows that he won't have that size advantage at the next level and needs to diversify his game.

I think it's a bad idea. But, it's his decision. So more power to him. I wish for him a great life.

The mentality of the modern player is to leave college and go pro as fast as possible. I guess the money is too tempting to turn down. I always think of Tim Duncan who would have been the number 1 pick in the entire draft if he had come out after both his Soph and Jr years. Instead he stayed 4 years and got his degree. He happened to have a pretty decent professional career

Eubanks as a "3"? I severely doubt that, unless there is an aspect to his game that none of us has seen. I hope Eubanks has a great career and ten years from now we can all talk about how wrong we were as he enters his 7th NBA all-star game, but I doubt it. He's not a monster rebounder despite his athleticism and seems to only have the other skills of a "5." 

That being said, I agree with above posters who opined that Eubanks can have some good years making money overseas. He has some skills and he may be able to pick up more in the more finesse-oriented European leagues. Good luck to the man; I hope great things happen for him.