Losing Nick is disappointing only in the fact that if your plan is to recruit 3-star talent its best to keep as much of that around as possible so you develop players.
That said, the "Russell is a great offensive threat" myth that somehow got started and perpetuated by K-State fans is ridiculous. All you have to do is look at a comparison of the 5 remaining guards and you see that Russell not only had the worst offensive rating off all 5, he also was the worst shooter.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/compare?add=devon-peterson&p1=nick-russell&p2=will-spradling&p3=martavious-irving&p4=2-juevol-mylesOn top of that he gave inconsistent effort and played poor defense. He was okay with assists and defensive rebounding, but Nick had no real great skill, especially on offense, that made him stand out from the rest nor makes me think losing him is a big deal.
If Jones comes in and even tries, he'll be a better player than Nick, though I suppose I'm a bit hopeful he'll come in with some confidence simply based on the fact that he was one of the better JUCO players in the area and got a lot of attention. Having that can go a long way IMHO, and that is something Nick never had.
I wish him well, likely at a mid major at best, but this is not some great loss. Its certainly one this team can recover from.
Finally, I put Nick in the same category as Wally as far as this "I just want to play" junk both are playing. Frank went out of his way to give both plenty of opportunities to be one of the Top 7-8 players on this team by starting them and playing them plenty of minutes, especially early in the year. Neither one of them took advantage of that. They got much more of an opportunity than anyone else besides Pullen, Kelly, McGruder, and Samuels, so I can give them no sympathy there. Maybe if it was Irving or Myles saying that I could listen, but I can't from them.
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