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Kobe didn't go to college. Look where he's at right now.
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. I think there should be some sort of a 3 year college basketball agreement. This way the players who are ready to go pro, will have proved themselves worthy of all the money coming at the. And I believe a 3 years in a college system works best for their game.
ok but what if they do so well like Durant and Beasley that they are projected as one of the top 2 picks, but have to go back to school, end upgetting hurt and blowing it all? Look waht happend to Matt Leinart.....lost milllllliooonss by going back to school....dumb idea
ok but what if they do so well like Durant and Beasley that they are projected as one of the top 2 picks, but have to go back to school, end up ge3tting hurt and blowing it all? Look waht happend to Matt Leinart.....lost milllllliooonss by going back to school....dumb ideaOriginally Posted by commodity05
. I think there should be some sort of a 3 year college basketball agreement. This way the players who are ready to go pro, will have proved themselves worthy of all the money coming at the. And I believe a 3 years in a college system works best for their game.
Originally Posted by hugebird
The NBA has the best teachers and best facilities to improve in the world. If the HS players that failed couldn't improve under the tutelage of professionals, why is it expected that they would have improved by going to school?
ok but what if they do so well like Durant and Beasley that they are projected as one of the top 2 picks, but have to go back to school, end up getting hurt and blowing it all? Look waht happend to Matt Leinart.....lost milllllliooonss by going back to school....dumb ideaOriginally Posted by commodity05
. I think there should be some sort of a 3 year college basketball agreement. This way the players who are ready to go pro, will have proved themselves worthy of all the money coming at the. And I believe a 3 years in a college system works best for their game.
Originally Posted by nycknicks105
ok but what if they do so well like Durant and Beasley that they are projected as one of the top 2 picks, but have to go back to school, end up getting hurt and blowing it all? Look waht happend to Matt Leinart.....lost milllllliooonss by going back to school....dumb ideaOriginally Posted by commodity05
. I think there should be some sort of a 3 year college basketball agreement. This way the players who are ready to go pro, will have proved themselves worthy of all the money coming at the. And I believe a 3 years in a college system works best for their game.
Originally Posted by nycknicks105
^^^theres also many who never got drafted.
But also might have shown weaknesses, lost out on a sneaker deal and draft position.Originally Posted by allen3xis
why not? he said if he had went to college he might be a star.
care about their PERSONAL advancement in general and not just on the court...I'm not for it.
That's fair...but what about the kids not as gifted as Durant, Oden, Beasley or the ones who skipped college (KG, Kobe)
the Korleone Youngs, Ebi's of the world....if they went to college, got a better grasp on where they stand with the NBA....they have the option of school....which for them, would have been personal advancement.
On one side, yeah a kid who's family needs money..I side with you....but 1 year it's not gona kill anyone, and it allows them to mature and see things from different perspective, and get better advice.
For some of these kids, the NBA attracts them because they can move their families out of poor neighborhoods where they may be at danger... In one yearmany things can happen...
Originally Posted by rickybadman
If Kobe went to college he would have gone to Duke. Then that means I would hate his guts right now instead of him being my favorite player. So going to college is not always the right move.
If Kwame went to college he probably wouldn't even get drafted in the first round. The guy just can't play period, college basketball is notthe magical place where you get good hands and skills. Felipe Lopez went to college for 4 years and all we found out was that he just wasn't that great.Originally Posted by JPZx
Originally Posted by dmbrhs
Kwame was the #1 pick. No excuse for not going to the NBA. He's lasted in the league and made his millions. A year of college would have dropped him from that top spot.
So you're saying if he went to college, developed his game and was the #5 pick it wouldn't benefit him? He would be such a better player making him even more millions in the future. Also, his goal probably isn't to make millions not caring how good he does.
Originally Posted by JPZx
You have a better grasp on what they are capable of doing at the next level so its also helping NBA scouts.
The most crucial part of this is that it benefits the players the most. There have been countless examples of why you shouldn't go the NBA straight from high school.
Who knows? All these players (^) might be stars in this league if they decided to go to college and develop their game rather than make the jump straight to the NBA.
College Basketball as we know today
Originally Posted by JPZx
Originally Posted by rickybadman
If Kobe went to college he would have gone to Duke. Then that means I would hate his guts right now instead of him being my favorite player. So going to college is not always the right move.
Just because he would've went to Duke you would've hated him(source? I've never heard he was gunna go to Duke)
You hate Elton Brand and Grant Hill?
I really despise this side of the argument because it's so misinformed and it's not true. Kwame, Telfair, Bender, Korleone Young, Lenny Cooke vs Kobe, Lebron, Garnett, McGrady, Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudemire. I just named off maybe 6 of the 10 best players in the league. So how is coming out of high school bad for players development? There's been garbage European players drafted, there's garbage college players drafted every year. Does that mean we should stop Euros and college players from entering the draft? It's almost laughable to me that high schoolers are singled out.
How are you gunna put Korleone Young and Lebron James in the same sentence? Sure, some can make the jump, but most failed miserably because thesimply weren't ready for it. This one-year rule could've helped them mature and it could've helped them get better by actually getting a lot ofminutes, whereas in the NBA they could be getting better in practice, but they would be takin a seat on the bench during the game.
Now you'll have you exceptions like Kobe and KG, but those are just a hand full of players who are seen. With every T-mac and Kobe you have 20 players who failed, and now have no future.
How exactly do these players who make it to the league and fall out not have a future. when in Fact they have a better future than most collegestudents. People act as if these kids simply can't enroll in college once they get kicked out the NBA. take a guy like Ndudi Ebi, he's currently out ofthe league but should have atleast a million in his name. He can now go to college and focus solely on school and whatever career path he chooses. Had he wentto college he would've payed no attention to school work played basketball for 4 years and potentially lose out on millions of dollars how in the hell doesthat help him.