Josh McRoberts is leaving Duke after two seasons to enter the NBA - not to test the waters, but to dive right in.

Wow. Where to begin?

* The consensus seems to be that he should have gone out after last year, that he probably hurt his stock by staying in and, in a sense, getting exposed, in terms of his game, and if some of the reports out of Durham in the final weeks before Duke was eliminated in the NCAAs, his attitude.

* Having said that, does Duke dip even further next season? Or do they actually benefit from this as promising newcomers enter to replace him?

* Our Paul McMullen pointed out earlier this week, even before this announcement, that Mike Krzyzewski has let his focus slip because he's doing too much and, thus, should step away from Duke for a year. With his best experienced inside player bailing early, Paul's observation makes even more sense.

* You might have noticed that Duke players, with the most notable exception of Grant Hill (and even he has been absolutely cursed with injuries), haven't done much in the NBA lately. Check J.J. Redick's rookie numbers, for example, and (archived) see what he thinks about this, from the New York Times two weekends ago.

* I wonder if there will be as much angst about McRoberts passing up his last two years at an esteemed academic institution as Duke in pursuit of the filthy lucre of the NBA, as there seems to be about Kevin Durant possibly leaving Texas, even when Durant is much more of a sure thing and McRoberts a real risk.