arenas809

It would be an absolute disgrace if they leave this kid overseas.

If he had been a second round pick, I wouldn't care as much, but considering the players we passed on for him in this draft, you have to bring him over and start working with him now.

I say you at the very last bring him over and stash him in the NBDL just so he can familiarize himself with the american game.

As far as I'm concerned anything he does over in Europe is irrelavant.

First you have to have a little bit of knowledge about his situation. He plays for CSKA Moscow, the most powerful non-NBA franchise in the world. Most of their starting lineup (on the senior level) is compromised of Americans, they are in the business of winning championships, NOT developing players. Sergei Monia even publicly said this past season for him over there was a waste because he wasn't getting to play much, and if he had to do it over again he would have came to the Blazers last year, and this kid's situation wouldn't be any different.

Korolev can be left over there and continue to dominate on the junior level and watch from the bench on the senior level, but who cares, we need to see what he can and will be able to do OVER HERE. It's unfortunate we couldn't have had him for summer league even just to get an idea of how his game at this moment translates to playing over here, I wouldn't expect too much, but if they leave him overseas that's just another stupid, stupid move this franchise would be making.