Kansas basketball: Three reasons why MJ Rice should not transfer

2. His draft stock will improve if he does well at Kansas.

We have seen it done before with Quentin Grimes, a player who transferred from KU and eventually succeeded in his role elsewhere. Grimes is now a fantastic role player in the NBA. But can we expect that to be the case for Rice?

Although Rice is incredibly talented, he was not considered a top NBA Draft prospect coming out of high school. For him to continue to build his draft stock, there is no better place to play than with Hall of Fame head coach Bill Self. Time and time again, Self has developed intermediate prospects into some of college basketball’s best players.

If Rice decides to transfer and go the mid-major route, the likelihood is that he is throwing away any chance of him being a successful NBA player. Understandably, his first year at Kansas was frustrating, but he failed to capitalize on his opportunities this year. The same will happen again if he does not try to improve upon his mistakes.