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An Update On Ime Udoka........And It’s Not Great

When the story of Ime Udoka’s indescretions first became public, I knew something was off. The manner in which the Celtics handled things, would have given you the idea that there was something much worse going to come of this story, and my boy, it’s so much worse than you could possibly know.

So Ime Udoka will likely be out as head coach, you can forget about any kind of suspension because this is a firing, and some of Udoka’s offenses may justify such.

I speculated that Udoka had had an affair with Head Of Development fot the celtics and former WNBA player, Allson Feaster, and I want to issue an apology to Allison.

I falsely believed the internet, and according to Marc Spears of ESPN, she is not involved and it has since become clear that Allson Feaster SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS STORY, and my apologies.

Another of the rumours doing the rounds, is that Udoka had more than one affair with people on the team’s staff, and if you believe the internet, among them is a travel planner who would have been in direct communication with his wife, including helping the two find new accomodations in Boston, but that’s according to TMZ.

Here’s what makes all of this so confusing to read in to, Amanda Pflugrad is a reporter for NBC Boston and she issued a statement via her twitter, in which she excoriated fans who were speculating on the the identity of the women Udoka either had affairs with, or could have launched the complaints which prompted the Celtics’ investigation into the matter.

The problem with her statement, is that it answers none of the questions, and if the Celtics wholeheartedly believed in what she was saying, then the story wouldn’t have gone public.

This story now has everyone from TMZ to the Shaderoom to Entertainment Tonight and every other type of entertainment news platform following it, because of Nia Long, and also because the Celtics chose to hedge their bets, and may have left a their female staffers out to dry by not naming the people involved. 

Why did this story go public?

No one benefitted from this being in the public eye, and the Celtics look like they just virtue signalled their way into a PR disaster that’s going to hang over their season.

I can’t understand what happened, and how the Celtics actually convinced themselves this was just going to be a regular situation, and I think people in the Celtics front office really don’t know who Nia Long is, because ya’ll made a real mess of this.

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As a senior playing for Grace Christian High School in Sanford, N.C., Strong averaged 21.0 points, 16.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Strong led the Crusaders to a perfect 30-0 record and a second consecutive state title while notching 30 points and 21 rebounds in the championship game. In March, she was named the Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year. Strong is the daughter of Allison Feaster, who played 10 seasons in the WNBA after the Los Angeles Sparks selected her with the No. 5 pick in the 1998 draft, and Danny Strong, who played at NC State from 1995-1997. Feaster, a star at Harvard during her collegiate playing days, also serves as the Boston Celtics’ vice president of player and organizational development. UConn’s 2023-24 campaign, which saw five Huskies suffer season-ending injuries, concluded with a 71-69 loss to Iowa in the Final Four on Friday.

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Top Ranked Senior Sarah Strong Is Ready To Continue Her Journey at UCONN

Growing up in Spain, Sarah Strong’s first introduction to the game was from her mother, Allison Feaster. Feaster, a former standout at Harvard, was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in ’98 with the fifth overall pick, went on to become an All-Star in ’04 and played overseas in France, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Strong remembers going to her mom’s practices and watching her put in work on the…

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Allison Feaster Husband, Daughter, and Net Worth

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Allison Feaster #21 of the Charlotte Sting tries to block the shot of Bernadette Ngoyisa #50 of the Chicago Sky on August 12, 2006

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Ime Udoka Accused of Affairs With Two Married Celtics Staffers One Being Kathleen Nimmo Lynch – BlackSportsOnline

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nba.com/bucks Celtics Coach Ime Udoka Facing Disciplinary Action For Cheating On Nia Long With Allison Feaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU9mAunIb9U&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr kia.com

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Damn It, Ime Udoka, Not You Bro!!!!!

Boston Celtic head coach, and the only African head coach in NBA history, is in trouble with the league for having an affair with an employee of the Boston Celtics throughout the 2021/22 season.

And more and more, it appears that Udoka will be forced to sit out the 2022/23 season through suspension.

Look, where do you think people meet people? Most people, meet their significant and less than significant others, at work.

I mean, let’s be serious here, are we seriously getting mad because two full-grown people hooked-up, and the reason they happen to know each other is because they met at work?

Is that what we’re mad about?

As most NBA fans would probably know, Ime Udoka is married to Nia Long, and I won’t lie, it’s a bad look for a dude to cheating on his wife and all, but that’s not for the NBA to ajudicate or even try to be a part of talking about. 

Now, the league and the Celtics might feel that this kind of hurts the image of either or both, on a PR level, especially now, with the NBA looking to oust Rober Sarver as Phoenix Suns owner for what are essentailly conduct issues.  

The way Shanon Sharpe explained it on today’s episode of Undisputed, is that the Celtics are doing this as a kind of protective measure from legal action, that either the employee in question or Udoka himself, could bring fourth in the future, but I don’t think that’s the case at all.

Stephen A Smith had one of the better moments of his recent career by pointing out the very same thing on ESPN First Take, which is that why did the Celtics release this information to the public?

This type of thing can be handled in-house, especially because this was a consensual relationship, so it does seem strange that the Celtics let the public in on this, and the way it reads, is that the Celtics are hedging their bets, in case they ever need a reason to be rid of Ime Udoka. 

The real scary part, and the nugget we have to remember moving forward is that there are more details to this story, and not all the information has been released to the media yet.

There will likely be more news, and there better be, because the idea of losing a whole year of coaching, over an affair is really crazy, bro.

What I am most concerned about, is the decision-making of a man that cheats on Nia Long.

Ime Udoka is still my favorite head coach, and I dont think this should cost him his job, but bro cheated on Nia Long, he’s gonna wear that on his jacket for a minute.

I took the liberty of putting the picture of the woman Ime had an affair with in the picture above. She’s former WNBA player, Allison Feaster, and according to her Linkedin, she was working with the Celtics Player Development program, and that would be how all this came about.

It’s unfortunate, but it’s kind of a sign of the times, and there is no way her career is going to be unaffected by this, which is also unfortunate.

What’s crazy is that all over the corporate world, and in retail, and any other place where people work, they’re having these kinds of relationships or incidents occure in their workplace, and it doesn’t end up ruining people’s lives and careers.

Here we have a situation where the wife that’s been cheated on, has to have the story play out on a public stage, Ime Udoka is going to lose a year of his career, and “the other women” is going to have her career probably shelved as a result of this.

Feels a little scapegoat-ish, but I’ll wait for the info we don’t already have because something ain’t right.

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Boston Celtics: As part of Women's History Month, Allison Feaster and Nicole Federico joined Ami...

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President’s List Spring 2017

NATCHITOCHES – Five hundred and seventy-three students were named to the Spring 2017 President’s List at Northwestern State University. Students on the list earned a grade point average of 4.0. Those named to the President’s List listed by hometown are as follows.

Abbeville – Jabain August, Kayla Marceaux;

 Abita Springs – Harold Simmons;

 Alexandria – Lewis Davis, Dalan Dorsey, Teresa Foshee, William Griffin, Martha Hopewell, Jaliyah Jasper, Micaelee Jeansonne, Spencer Jones, Luke Laborde, Rachel Lavergne, Allyson McCowan, Ashley Mitchell, Katherine Mitchell, Wade Morris, Benjamin Murphy, Emilye Netherland, Ryan Ware, Eric Weinzettle, Elaina Williams;

 Alto, Texas – Cody Birdwell;

 Anacoco – Kristen Eusay, Benjamin Jackson, Haley Jett, Kayli O’Toole, Cassandra Osborne, Lindsay Plummer;

 Athens – Alejandra Monjardin;

 Baldwin – Gerianna Lyons;

 Ball – Sarah Morgan, Payton Pilgrim, Megan Wakefield;

 Barksdale AFB – Heather McGurn, Tova Volcheck;

 Basile – Betsi Smith;

 Bastrop – Emily Carson, Katie Stanley;

 Baton Rouge – Ramya Koritala, Stephanie Leger, Madalyn Mullins, Dakota Newman, Markeisha Patterson, Colleen Reese, Maria Rome;

 Bayside, Nova Scotia, Canada – April Trowbridge;

 Baytown, Texas – Abby Gardea;

 Beaumont, Texas – Dustin Burns;

 Belgorod, Russia – Elizaveta Gerasimova

 Belle Chasse – Alexandria Hughes, Megan Jenkins;

 Belmont – Cade Cramer;

 Benton – Nicholas Clay, Elizabeth Jones, Jessica O’Neal, Maegan Ross, Jenna Smith;

 Bossier City ­– Shelby Ansley, Sara Blankenship, Alexander Butler, Austin Coffey, Amanda Davis, Taylor Freeman, Joshua Greer, Ashlynn Henderson, Oai Lee Huynh, Nourain Jamhour, Tiffany Johnson, Emily Juarez, Chelsea Laverdiere, Mary Katheryn Lummus, Hang Lian, Myra Martinez, Alexa McKnight, Madison Morris, Yadira Ocanas, Shelby Peebles, Taylor Powell,  Jerdine Robinson, Madison Rowland, Kevin Smithey, James Taylor, Kellie Toms, Gennadiy Vavrenyuk, Jordan Wilcox;

 Boyce – Curtis Fennell, Carlie Gauthier, Hannah Miller, Lachan Misner;

 Breaux Bridge – Shayla James;

 Broussard – Amber Potier, Amelia Soileau;

 Buda, Texas – Kathryn Wristen;

 Bunkie – Emily Arnaud;

 Burleson, Texas – Addison Pellegrino, Donato Susca;

 Bush – Ashleigh Ranatza;

 Campti – Bridget DaGama, Floyd Turner;

 Cartagena, Colombia – Jorge Ojeda Munoz, Paula Martinez Marrugo;

 Catagena Bolivar, Colombia – Aura Hernandez Canedo;

 Centreville, Miss. – Taylor Priest;

 Cheneyville – Katelyn Baronne;

 Chopin – Daisy Delrie, Mary Guimaraes;

 Church Point – Kristian Burrow, Jennifer Thibodeaux;

 Citrus Springs, Florida – Megan McDonald;

 Colfax – Angela McCann, Katie Woodard;

 Converse – Heather Bryson, Ashley Forgues Brock, Wade Hicks, Elaina Richardson, Triston Waldon;

 Cottonport – Christopher Juneau;

 Coushatta – Sydney Anderson, Caroline Doughty, Jon Hester, Baley McAlexander, Shalondria Rainey, Jacob Shaver, Macie Wood;

 Covington – Kelsey Cassidy, Andrea Mier, Kenneth Sears, Crystal Tucker;

 Creole – Brooklyn Frerks;

 Cut Off – Zachary Breaux;

 Cypress, Texas – Alexis Warren, Mercedes Wiles;

 DeRidder – Brandy Bryant, Sara Bishop, Lauren Callis, Karli Chambers, Jennifer Jarell-Bell; John Pearce, Kristina Pfantz, Claudia Rouleau, Jacqueline Rushford;

 Delhi – Shelly Godard;

 Denham Springs – Tiffany Duval, Lyndsey Girlinghouse, Stacy McClendon, Amy Thomas;

 Des Allemands – Brooke Verda;

 Desoto, Texas – Janet Jackson;

 Destrehan – Hannah Boquet, Patrick Juneau, Shannon Walsh, Stephanie Webre;

 Deville – Aaron Belgard, Dana Davis, Candice Dryden, Kenedy Lampert, Alyssa Roberts;

 Dodson – Josie Greer;

 Duncanville, Texas – Fernando Zuniga;

 Duson – Desmond Prejean;

 East Windsor, N.J. – Andreia Martins;

 El-Rehab, Cairo, Egypt – Arwa Hezzah;

 Endicott, N.Y. – Tonya Rackett;

 Eros – Alecia Smith;

 Eunice – Victoria Hebert, Victoria McGee;

 Ferriday – Elizabeth Guerrero, Deyon White;

 Florence, Miss. – Stephanie Bailey;

 Florien – Cullen Hopkins, Caroline Matthews, Megan Wilmore;

 Forest – David Stephens;

 Forest Hill – Leslie Chavez, Charli Stanley;

 Forney, Texas – Jayden Wheeler;

 Fort Polk – Jamie Curtis, Robyn Foxworth, Shaunda Gordon, Kelsey Hart, Kenisha Smith, Sandra Valdez;

 Franklin – Mariah Pellerin;

 French Settlement – Tommie Espy;

 Frierson – Brittany Furrow;

 Garland, Texas – Alec Horton;

 Geismar – Emilee Hawkins;

 Georgetown – Brittany Farris;

 Glen Burnie, Md. – Kathern Speicher;

 Goldana – MacKenzie Johnson, Harley Godwin;

 Gonzales – Katelyn Marchand, Molly Moran;

 Grand Cane – Emily Miller;

 Gray -- Tevyn Johnson;

 Grayson -- Alicia Foy;

 Greer, S.C. ­– Carola Colon;

 Gretna – Brandi Bealer;

 Hallsville, Texas – Emma Hawthorne;

 Hammond ­– Blaike Peters;

 Harleton, Texas – Madalyn Evers;

 Hartselle, Ala. – Teresa Smith;

 Harvey – Taylor Bourgeois, Jessica Love, Jessica Rousset;

 Hassik – Vasquez Narvaez;

 Haughton – Jordge Cardenas Nunez, Michelle Feaster, Connor Geer, Aly Hesson, Alexis Hoeltje, Lucas Moncla, Jamie Phillips, Logan Turner, Bridgette Wilson, Hunter Woods;

 Heath, Texas – Megan Lohmiller;

 Hermon, Maine – Allessa Oakes;

 Hineston – Tylee Busby; Madison Morrison;

 Houma – Shelby Glynn, Blair Kramer, Sarah Lajaunie, Chelsea Thibodeaux;

 Houston, Texas – Kendall Westfall,

 Huntington, Texas – Travis Carrell;

 Huntsville, Ala. – Elizabeth Gilliam;

 Independence – Kaylan Showers;

 Iota – Katie Latiola;

 Iowa – Nicholas Fisher;

 Jena – Dustin Decker, Haley Decker, Tyler Thomas;

 Jennings – Janee Charles, Wesley Simien;

 Jonesboro, Ark. – Alanna Benoit;

 Jonesville – Coleen Cagle, Shana Jefferson, Kameron Stevenson;

 Kentwood – Jenna Morris;

 Kings Mountain, N.C. – Ashley Counts;

 Kaplan – Gabriel LeMoine;

 Keithville – Alexis Britt, Rachel Opbroek;

 Kendrick, Okla. – Chelsey Goldsmith;

 Kenner – Christina Arrechavala, Brooke Petkovich;

 Kiev, Ukraine – Kateryna Avram;

 Kinder – Stewart Wheeler;

 Kingwood, Texas – Eric Piccione;

 Lafayette – Taylor Aucoin, Anjelique Duplechin, Emile Lege, Jacklyn Marr;

 Lake Arthur – Layne Watkins;

 Lake Charles – Laura Cornish, Krista Dixon, Karley Hebert, Alyce Jimney, Rebekah Keller, Jordan Reich;

 Larose – Eric Bourg, Nicholas Hebert;

 Lawtell – Karoline Guidry;

 Lecompte – Hannah Glaze;

 Leesville – Destin Bennett, Kelly Bishop, Alexis Bynog, Charlotte Cassin, Caitlin Deon, Brianna Easterling, Ovina Forque, Jessica Gabor, Emily Jackson, Zachary Keeton, Jessica Mango, Miranda Mize, Brooke Perkins, Victoria Perkins, Danielle Smyth, Haley Tucker, Jacob Underwood, Lakyn Ward, Matthew Ward, Jessica Taylor;

 Lena – Tracy Benjamin, Nathaniel Dubois;

 Logansport – Trenton Timmons;

 Longview, Texas – Samantha Morris;

 Luling – Alexis Rice;

 Lutcher – Rebekah Taylor;

 Madisonville – Ashley Johansen. Christopher Snow, Jensen Volz;

 Mandeville – Nina DeSmith, Michelle Price;

 Mangham – Rebekah Aultman;

 Mangilao, Guam – Maria Magdalena Bansil;

 Mansfield – Hannah Hughes;

 Mansura – Renada Jenkins;

 Many – Hannah Allen, Chelsea Beasley, Jacob Ellis, Nicholas Ezernack, Angelica Galban, Sarah Heard, Abby Hinds, Heidi Knight, Emily Leone, Chastity McCrory, Jonathan Pilcher, Sabrina Ross, Samantha Simmons, John Sullivan;

 Marble Falls, Texas – Sarah Lewis;

 Marksville – Emily Ryan;

 Marthaville ­– Kelsey Claspill, Hanna Pardee, Lirette Thomas;

 McKinney, Texas – Beatrice Attura, Anne Repp;

 Melrose – Molly Dickerson;

 Meraux – Dana Methvin;

 Metairie – Kaitlyn Arena, Ariel Landry, Shawn Lawler, Cameron Mayfield, Lisa Roberson;

 Midland, Texas – Channing Burleson;

 Midlothian, Va. – Tatijana Rangel-Ribiero;

 Minden – Amanda Curry, Aubry Dennis, Ryan Harmon;

 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – Kayla Bomben;

 Monroe – Kianisha Dillard, Anna Rogers, Savanna Whitten, Gail Wilson;

 Montgomery, Texas – Jake Rice, Kyle Swanson;

 Mooringsport – Jacklyn Dublin;

 Morgan City – Jeremy Orgeron;

 Morse – Kylan Poullard;

 Mt. Albert, Canada – Erin Sitarz;

 Muleshoe, Texas – Caitlyn Barber;

 Murrieta, Calif. – LaQuitta Wilkins;

 Natchitoches – Tyler Anderson, Francisco Ballestas-Sayas, Kayla Bordelon, Harvey Briggs, Deasia Burrell, Daniel Coffey, Fabian Correa Guette, Jessica Cross, Mazie Dubois, Kirsten Fontenot, Carlos Gomez Garcia, Angel Greer, Hannah Haigh, Ashytn Hare, Zachary Heard, Ashlyn Hogan, Jennifer Johnson, Shayla Johnson, Jeremy Jones, Emilie King, Florence Kilgore, James Lake, Lindsay Lee, Robert Lee, Heather Lockwood, Alba Maloff, Thomas Matuschka, Marissa Oster, Abigail Poe, Jonah Poe, Kaytie Proctor, Brandy Ranel, Amelia Ryland, Emily Salter, Josie Stamey, Faith Stanfield, Nicholas Swank, Madeline Taylor, Eva Venzant, Barbara Vercher-Smith, Richard Walks, Madysen Watts, Ryan Wright;

 New Iberia – Kristine Trahan;

 New Llano – Reaz Khan, Matreena Sablan;

 Newark, Del. – Sabri Thompson;

 Noble – James Connella, James Curtis, Harlee Possoit, Breana Remedes;

 Oak Grove – Heather Allen;

 Oakdale – Katelyn Johnson, Kirstin Richard, Mary Wharton;

 Oconomowoc, Wisc. – Natalie Jaeger;

 Opelousas – Tracey Antee, Toria Smith, Erika Stanford;

 Pelican – Justin Cooper, Mary Myers;

 Pioneer – Moesha Smith;

 Pineville – Raegan Brocato, Snow Buckley, Mason Caubarreaux, Kaylee Chronister, Raymond Fletcher, Lacey Hebron, Morgan Humphries, Michael Martin, Ashlee Mitchell, Stacey Ramsey, Katie Rayburn, Jodie Roberts, Candice Smith, Allison Williams;

 Pitkin – Aimee Calmes, Mattie Stewart;

 Plain Dealing – Jacob Horton;

 Plaquemine ­– Ma Kayla Washington;

 Pleasant Hill – Samatha Davis, Laura Spann;

 Pollock – Zackary Phillips;

 Pontchatoula – Brandon Dalon, Marisa Durand, Raley Pellittieri;

 Prairieville – Jakalyn Hills, Caitlin Miller;

 Provencal – Taylor Craft, Kara Gandy, Bailey Scarbrough;

 Quitman – Katheryn Gaulden;

 Raeford, N.C. – Brittney Carpenter;

 Rayne – Meraiah Young;

 Ringgold – Joseph Hays, Lauren Nelson;

 River Ridge – Emily Digangi;

 Robeline – Bergen Oge, Courtney Rachal, Fawn Slaughter, Jeffrey Watley, Caleb Wester;

 Rocklin, Calif. – Madeline Mason

 Rosepine – Summer Cooley

 Rostov-on-Don, Russia – Vladislava Litvinova;

 Ruston – Karenthia Crosby Onwudebe;

 Sachse, Texas ­– Ryan Verloin DeGruy;

 Saint Francisville – Jordan Bringedahl;

 Saint Rose – Alexis Mancuso;

 Sanford, N.C. ­– Joseph Tippit;

 Saumur Maine et Loire, France – Yohann Yjjou

 Schriever – Holly Cantrelle;

 Scott ­ – Katelyn Kidder

 Seattle, Wash. – Lauren Agan;

 Shelbyville, Texas – Sarah Ryder;

 Shongaloo – Kayla Mouser;

 Shreveport – Lindsey Adkins, Karianna Baker, Brittany Barnes, Angelica Bartlett, Ezar Bess, Hannah Bolton, Crystal Brown, Erin Brown, Brianna Burke, Nicollette Carswell, Phillip Clark, Crystal Claunch, Celeste Clifton, Hannah Crnkovic, Emily Dean, Kaitlyn Doyal, Jackson Driggers, Sarah Dunn, Reagan Escude, Lashayla Ester, Ronald Evans, Irishia Finister, Tyler Gardner, Nickolas Juneau, Adrianne Kelly, Emalee Kennon, Cole Laird, Bih-Lih Lau, Erin LeClair, Jaylon Lewis, Casey Long, Joycelyn McConnell, Rici McDonald, James McGrail, Rosemary McMaster, Madison Milligan, Hannah Nicholls, Hayden Pilcher, Taylor Poleman, Emily Rankin, Anna Richardson, Zachary Sanders, Jarred Sepulvado, Kathryn Shrader, Tyler Smith, Destini Sweet, Rachel Taylor, Michael Thrower, JeVannica Williams, Suzanne Williams Tiffani Williams, Jonathan Zavalydriga;

 Simsboro – Autumn Smith;

 Slaughter – Ciara Gibbs;

 Slidell – Claire Harvey, Jourdan Waddell;

 Spain – Judit Castillo Gargallo;

 Spring, Texas – Victoria Harris;

 St. Mars lo Briere – Marion Cormier;

 St. Martinville – Alli Douet;

 Stockbridge, Ga. – Alisa Newsome;

 Stonewall – Brooke Meade;

 Sulphur – Tina Honea, Elizabeth Perez;

 Summerfield – Mackenzie Scriber;

 Sunset – Emma Warren;

 Tatum, Texas – Randall Sullivan;

 Temple, Texas – Weston Scholten;

 Texarkana, Texas – Karlie Purdy;

 The Woodlands, Texas – Robyn Beatty;

 Thibodaux – Nia Walker;

 Tomball, Texas – Anthony Lucas;

 Trout – Harley Lisenby;

 Vinton – Emily Walter;

 Waco, Texas – Haylie Hickman;

 Waskom, Texas – Mary Alexander;

 Waukomis, Okla. – Colby Koontz;

 West Monroe – Abigail Beck, Brandy Chapman, Maggie Harris, Kayla Telano;

 Winnfield – John Collins, Mia County, Andrew Harrel, Rebecca Hodnett, Anissa Jones, Kelsey Jordan, Brittany Parker;

 Winnipeg, Canada – Tyra Duma;

 Woodworth – Elizabeth Bonnette, Taylor Henry, Ashley Kennedy-Rowell;

 Wylie, Texas – Kylie Nodorft, Grace Punch, Kali Roberts;

 Zwolle – Cheyanne Ebarb, Holden Rivers;

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Can the G League land top draft prospects for $125k? We asked 3 NBA preps-to-pros

Emmanuel Mudiay, Terrance Ferguson, and Anfernee Simons all opted against a year of college after high school. Would they take the G League’s new “professional path” option?

The NBA’s farm system is trying to become a premier alternative for elite high school players who would-be one-and-done college or one-year international talents. The G-League’s ultimate dream: to end the NCAA’s monopoly on amateur talent, both before and after the NBA’s age minimum of 19 is inevitably nixed.

In October, the G League announced a new “professional path” that promises “opportunities for basketball development, life skills mentorship and academic scholarships.” Rod Strickland, the former NBA point guard and Kentucky assistant coach, was named its program director, and he’ll pair with former WNBA player and Harvard grad Allison Feaster to vet potential applicants.

The real draw is the salary increase for players who are deemed “elite.” Those accepted into the program are set to make $125,000 over the five-month season, nearly a four-fold increase from the league’s minimum salary. The option for players to join the G League after their 18th birthday has always been available, but with base salaries at just $7,000 per month for a five-month season, the incentive to pioneer a new path was never there monetarily.

But how attractive is this option, really? To help us find an answer, we spoke with three recent high-profile teens who spurned college for an alternative option, and thus would have been targets for the G League’s new professional path had it existed then:

2015 No. 7 pick Emmanuel Mudiay, now with the New York Knicks. Mudiay was ranked as the No. 2 recruit in his class and committed to playing for SMU. However, amid eligibility concerns, Muiday later made the decision to go pro, saying he wanted to help provide for his single mother. He signed a $1.2 million deal with the Guangdong Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

2017 No. 21 pick Terrance Ferguson, drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Ferguson, who also attended the same prep school that Mudiay did, was a five-star recruit that committed to Alabama and later Arizona, but was never cleared academically. He played a season with the Adelaide 36ers, an Australian professional team.

2018 No. 24 pick Anfernee Simons, a rookie with the Blazers. This piece explains Simons’ unique path to the NBA.

SB Nation: What drew you to where you played after high school?

Ferguson: It was the opportunity to play professionally right away out of high school. It was the first place to contact me, and a few others followed. I knew Australia was English-based, people spoke the same language as me. I wouldn’t have a language barrier, and it was more Americanized. It was an easy job for me.

Mudiay: Better living for my mom, and I wanted to go out and compete against pros.

Simons: I think I had a good opportunity to get selected in the first round, so I sort of bet on myself. I knew how it is. The main reason to go to college is to get a college degree, so I knew I could always go back for that. You can’t go back and get picked in the first round. You go to college and have a bad year, maybe stuff doesn’t work out. So I felt like that was the best option.

SB: Had you thought about playing in the G-League?

Ferguson: I hadn’t thought about it. At the time I hadn’t heard that much about the G-League. I just tried to play professional basketball, overseas or anywhere, to just provide for my family.

SB: Would you have considered the G League with the new “select contracts” worth $125k?

“I still would’ve went to China. $1.2 [million] and 125k is a whole different type of game, if I’mma be real.” -Emmanuel Mudiay

Ferguson: I still think I would’ve went overseas. It was about basketball, but it was about having financial stability for my family, especially out of high school. And there’s no taxes out of there, so can’t go wrong with that.

(Ferguson declined to share his salary in Australia, but we can confirm it was higher than the G League’s select contracts.)

Mudiay: I still would’ve went to China. $1.2 [million] and 125k is a whole different type of game, if I’mma be real.

Simons: I think it depends on what space you’re in at the moment. If you’re confident enough to go to the G League that you’ll get bumped up for the draft, but I think it’s all on confidence. Everything lined up pretty perfectly for me. I de-committed from school, and then NBA stuff came up, and I was like, ‘Whoa.’ That’s telling me something.

SB: If money wasn’t a factor, would you have considered the G League?

Ferguson: If it was all basketball, no money, I would’ve definitely taken the G League. You have NBA facilities. In Australia, we used trash cans for ice baths. It wasn’t the best, but we made it work. We’d go to the ocean, it’d be cold outside, we’d sit in the ocean for three minutes and walk around. That’s how you’d recover.

We didn’t have cold tubs. We didn’t have hot tubs. On recovery days, they’d make us go to the beach in the winter, the beach was freezing and we’d sit in the ocean for 3-to-5 minutes, then walk around then get back into the ocean for 3-to-5 minutes. We had to use our resources.

Mudiay: It’s tough to say. No disrespect to anyone in the G League, but most of those guys are pretty young, too. Some of them are coming out of high school and they’re on 10-day contracts. Not saying they’re not NBA players, but in China, you have ex-NBA players and people who were going back and forth between the NBA and there. It was a professional league. It’s a different talent level and different athleticism.

SB: How did coaches work with you, knowing that your ultimate goal was to get drafted in the NBA?

Ferguson: I was kind of treated a little differently. They didn’t put everything into me. They knew in one year I was out.

I feel like at one point, they had to [play me]. At the start, they didn’t really care about putting me in.

SB: Overseas you were among the youngest players in your league, making a higher salary than players older than you. Were you ever targeted for those reasons? G League “select” players will be in the same situation.

Ferguson: Every game I was coming out and there was some fight trying to happen. I was the youngest guy, so everyone was picking on me, just because I was the youngest guy getting so much attention, coming out of high school and only playing there for one year. I don’t think the players liked that.

“The thing that keeps you out of trouble is to not talk about your money.” -Terrance Ferguson

The thing that keeps you out of trouble is to not talk about your money. I never did it around my teammates.

Australia was a grown man’s league. I was playing against guys who were freakin’ 30 and had played many years over there. Very physical basketball, which got me prepared for this league.

Mudiay: Yeah, I had to earn their respect and it wasn’t easy. Midseason, late season, that’s when they started [coming after me].

I think about it how it is in the NBA. I came here as a rookie, started here, and got it easy. I didn’t really have to work for the starting spot [in Denver]. It depends on the situation you’re in, but teammates are going to challenge you. It’s a job.

SB: What advice do you have for players who will have to make the same decision you did, but now with this new G League professional path as an option?

Mudiay: You have to be built different. You have to be mentally tough, because there’s going to be times when you question yourself and you have to stick through it. If that’s what you decide to do, you can’t regret it. Go with it.

That’s something a lot of people, when they make a decision, they think ‘Dang why did I do that.’ If I had to choose all over, I’d do it again.

Simons: Have credible people to ask where you’re going to be and if you should go. I had people to ask who were around the NBA or overseas to see where I’d be if I went overseas. They said they there was no way I wasn’t going to be in the first round.

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Allison Feaster et Rod Strickland superviseront les futurs lycéens de G-League

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Only high schoolers who would’ve been consensus draft candidates to receive $125,000 minor-league offer

Rod Strickland and Allison Feaster in charge of new program

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