If guys are looking at Poythress and going, "Gee, maybe I will struggle like Poythress under Cal too," then they're not tough enough to make it as a pro anyway, lol.

If Poythress wanted to go pro, he would've gone last year. Period. No matter where he went. His draft position is not a result of Cal's strategy. It's a result of him not being good enough to make it onto the court.

If they stay and improve, stock goes up. If they stay and can't play better than the guys in front of them, stock goes down. Simple.

Archie Goodwin did not live up to expectations. He came into the season projected as a lotto pick, left the season as the 29th pick. And now he's in the NBA. And he can show and prove there. Or he could've stayed and fought for playing time under Cal-- and if he was good enough, you bet your ass he'd be getting more minutes today.

Poythress, if he's unhappy with his draft stock, can do the same. Enter the draft, get drafted in the second, spend some time in the D-League, improve, and fight your way up.

The thing about Cal's guys is... if they really want to be one-and-done, they'll find a team to draft them based on *potential.* If the Harrison twins leave, they'll still find someone in at worst the late first/early second to take a flyer on them, because of their potential. NBA scouts, when it comes to freshmen, don't really give a shit whether their on-the-court production matches their draft position-- they just look at the lucrative potential.

You should know that, rooting for the school that produced Marvin Williams, lol.