[NU Sports] On John Shurna

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Shurna is a junior with another year of eligibility.

It sounds like both Thompson (who wants a workout buddy to get ready for the NBA scouts)
and Carmody encouraged him to look at the pros.

I'm pretty sure that Carmody expects him to be back - it would probably take the Bulls (or
his favorite team) to draft him early for him to go pro (IMHO)

Besides, he was scoring 25+ points per game before he hurt his ankle. Just imagine what he
might do as a Senior without any injuries.... 

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
hakirsch at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:05 AM
To: Tom Maycock; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] On John Shurna

I hope you guys are spot in. As a fan I don't want to see him go. But I also hope that he
realizes a key reason to go to NU is that he has (or could have) a prestigious degree to
fall back on if he doesn't make it. And he certainly isn't a slam dunk to make it or make
a ton of money attempting to go pro. I suppose he could always finish the degree in the
off season if he does play pro but then again he might not.  As Dennis pointed out, Autrey
,as a Heisman finalist (I think) is Exhibit A

Harry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:15:25 
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] On John Shurna

> I believe Shurna declaring for the draft is more about getting contact  with
> the NBA scouts and figuring out where he is now (most likely not a  draft
> pick, since there are only 2 rounds) and what he needs to improve  before
> next year.  

I have to believe that's exactly what he's doing here. And (assuming he does 
indeed come back), the exercise will probably benefit NU next year, because 
Shurna will get some expert advice on how to improve his game. 

I think that if John continues to improve over the next year, he will have a 
decent shot at a real NBA career. 

Tom

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