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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
GM's usually need to have a decent background in law, but even then, if they don't, either somebody else in the organization would/shoul.
You can bet all 32 teams (but even more specifically, the teams at the top of the draft) would due their legal due diligence before selecting him.
But even then, say he's sentenced to even a year or two (<0.00001% in my personal opinion), he's still gonna be drafted top 3 lol. Say he was sentence to 5 years (lols), he's still easily a 1st round pick off of pure talent and the following 10+ years of his career he'd provide from potential/hype/talk/marketing/etc.. alone (damn, imagine his physical maturation with a couple years of prison time lol).
And on another hand, is it impossible to foresee a future in which - if the McKenna sticking up for his mom story turns out to be true - McKenna is getting bonkers sponsorships from companies that lean on family/loyalty/character/etc.? I don't personally think so.
But then again, I'm just waiting for the full facts to come out before passing judgement
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I think my level of risk is just lower than yours. If the legal stuff is still in limbo by the draft, I think a top 3 draft pick is too value to gamble on the U.S. justice system right now, particularly for a foreigner.
I am trying to think of comparable situations. Slava Voynov pled no contest to
misdemeanor domestic assault, spent 90 days in jail, had his visa revoked, and deportation proceedings started immediately after.
I recall Probert couldn't enter Canada for a few years when he played for Chicago after drug charges. That one was weird to me because he was a Canadian, but was barred from entering Canada by INS. I never really understood that one.
This isn't something that happens very often, so I just wouldn't take anything for granted at this point and especially considering the current political environment. If the prosecution refuses to accept a lower plea and he is awaiting trial when the draft is on, I'd be apprehensive to blow a top 3 pick on him. I'd still draft him at 4 or 5 though... probably depending on what additional facts ae known by then.
Punching someone out for being a dick isn't really a huge consideration for me, it's just the legal and immigration stuff that I would need more certanty on.