ZipForNow

Are we at the point where it becomes fairly standard for (certain) players to declare for the draft with the option to return AND enter the portal with the option to return? That may be what is happening with Nate Johnson. It is a much more parallel situation now. If you saw the possibliity to make, say, 10 times the NIL money for 1 or 2 years, and just wish to see whether that is realistic, wouldn't you want to test the market? That said, I do think there is an important disanalogy with declaring for the draft. There you are talking about skills evaluation. Enrique came back after declaring and realized that he had to become more of a stretch 4 so he worked on his 3-point shooting in his final year at Akron. And it did pay off for him.

I saw Tavari on campus earlier this week and spoke with him. He spoke as if he is returning and looking forward to it. This was before Nate entered the portal.