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3 years is too much wait IMO. Two years would be good.
It's embarrassing to make these kids give it away in college for even one year because the NCAA & NBA have this sweetheart deal and Media won't carry the kids' water and/or blow the whistle because they removed the pea eons ago. It's like you being an absolute total genius with an IQ in the stratosphere, but IBM telling you to work for them for nothing until at such time they start paying you. In the meantime though they'll give you room & board, but, if you slip on an onion skin by the typing pool, hit your head and knock your IQ in the regular region you can go fly a kite.
3 years is too much wait IMO. Two years would be good.
OK, then the age for military draft or enlistment should jump, because if they aren't ready for the NBA, they sure as aren't ready for war.
Andat the NBA being something you need to be "ready" for. How much readiness will they get by waiting 2 years, ing off around town? It's real hard running an NBA pick and roll, or just passing to Kobe and moving back.
If they make it, they must be ready. What you're actually saying is they aren't ready to be rich. Well tough .
Players do not get ready by " ing off around town" they get ready by playing tougher compe ion, either in college or over seas, and playing more complicated basketball than they experienced in high school. And there is a little more to playing basketball than just passing the ball to Kobe and getting out of the way. If that is all you want to watch, then sure, let them go pro right out of high school. Just because a player is picked high does not mean he was ready for the pros. Does Kwame Brown ring a bell? I am of the belief that he would have had a better chance at a good career if he had taken a slower progression such as going from high school to college or an over seas league.
I do not deny anyone the opportunity to make money. I specifically said playing over seas was a viable option. I believe getting some college education wouldn't hurt some of these players, specifically helping them get some business sense to be able to handle their money, but college is definitely not for everyone. I am also of the opinion that these kids should get paid at least something for their services, as their skills brings more money to the universities than their education is worth.
Not following; so if colleges should pay them, what's the difference between that and going pro?
College basketball is a smaller step up in compe ion and allows them to develop their game and become better players. Same with over seas leagues. Like I'v said, I have no problem with these kids making money. I just don't think high school basketball is enough experience for most of them.
What you are saying makes no sense in the light of reality, which is that teams actively scout these guys and hire them. If they needed more training, teams would pass on them.
You act as if it's being done for the sake of the product, to make it better, but then the product is being bought at a premium now while there's college level players who go undrafted.
How does better compe ion make you a worse player? I cannot. It's a game, not brain surgery. If they are good at it and people will pay to see it, let it be.
It's not enough for most of them. Most of them will never see the NBA from the inside.
When someone like Lebron James can dominate the league right out of high school, that should tell you enough. College play is not like NBA play. Sure they learn how to not choke a coach out (maybe not) or how to not punch a fan (maybe not) but they don't learn NBA style play.
If I was giving advice to a young baller, I would say go for it. You can get your education whenever you want, but you got one chance to make it big and this is it.
If not for something else, so would you.
We all have our vices.
I'm not for three years, but I am for a baseball type draft. You can come out of HS, but if you don't, you can't sign or be drafted for two more years. The reality is that if you aren't NBA ready, you won't be that much more so after one year of NCAA ball. The few that are one and dones who ARE ready would likely have made it out of HS. A lot of players are ruined by coming out on hype.
The NBA isn't good at development. There just isn't enough time for practice.
Pay NCAA players. Full ride and weekly game checks. Problem solved. If coached like Mack Brown can get paid millions per year why can't those who play to fill the seats get paid?
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