In one of the more bizarre stories of this offseason, Clemson guard Terrence Oglesby has decided to forgo his final two seasons of eligibility to play professionally in Europe. Oglesby was used at Clemson mainly for his outside shooting ability, averaging 13.2 ppg last season and shooting 39% from beyond the arc. Oglesby will probably be remembered most for his elbow he connected on that got him ejected from Clemson's 62-59 loss to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Now, Oglesby is the second player this week to choose to exit the college ranks and take his game overseas, as Florida PG Nick Calathes will also head to Europe. Calathes
will most likely play in Greece, where he holds a dual-citizenship.
Calathes however is a far-superior player than Oglesby. Oglesby shoots the three, and at times he's pretty good at it. However, leaving with two more seasons left to improve as a player in a conference like the ACC seems like a very poor decision. His father has gotten out on the forefront saying that it isn't for the money, but he feels that his best chance to make the NBA comes through playing in Europe. Sources close to the situation think Oglesby is in a position to make $500,000 per season.
Look, nothing against Oglesby but he is a 6 foot 2 guard, with really only one thing going for him which is his outside shot. I'm not sure if he may have wore out his welcome at Clemson and Oliver Purnell is recommending he should look elsewhere, but this decision is truly puzzling.
this is a confusing write up, doesnt really make any sense. whats wrong with oglesby going to europe.... 500 grand to play pro ball seems like a good decision to me. the guy will prob never play in the nba.
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