Does it matter if you transfer...riding the pine for a year....yep that will make him more NBA worthy...
the rumors are that he was waiting to see what Dotson did and wanted to come back to play PG AND that he was going to be ineligible 1st semester due to academics. right? There were also rumblings throughout the season that he didn't go hard in the weight room and didn't spend any extra time shooting etc...
It matters for a few reasons. It probably pissed self off that he gave up on school and didn't work hard given he had such a poor season compared to expectations. Something went on for him to transfer rather than come back and these rumors seem plausible.