To go or not to go that is the question.Should high school players have the chance to go directly to the NBA or is college the better choice to go?By skipping college you miss many things such as leadership skills and maturity.There have been succesful players like Kobe,LeBron and KG to name a few.With every good comes a bad,Kwame jumped from high school to the NBA and has not shown much so far.So the question remains,college or no college?
Is this a question of if they should allow skipping college or if it's the right decision by a player to skip school?
I just don't seem to remember it happening,just rumors of it in the future.Well do you think a player lets say Kobe would have been better if he had attented college?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 20 2006, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I just don't seem to remember it happening,just rumors of it in the future.Well do you think a player lets say Kobe would have been better if he had attented college?</div>In Kobe's case, no. He was bad in his first couple of years in the league, he would try to take over and just generally didn't do the right thing, but those years served as college does to other players, he grew from them. So for Kobe, in the long run skipping was good fro him.
If it wasn't a rule, I still say players go to college. For every LeBron, there are high schoolers we don't remember who fade into obscurity. I like the rule of atleast one year
^Agreed, I didn't like all the rookies being high school players.It messed up the sport overall, and it'll teak time to recover.
If it wasn't a rule I would suggest college too, it better prepares them for the NBA. There used to be alot more rookies doing well in their first year than there has in recent years, and that was partly down to the fact that they were older on average when they entered the league.I remember KG, Kobe and O'Neal coming out (not the same year of course) and there was a huge thing made about it, but by a couple of years ago it wasn't even strange to see high school players drafted.
College. That way if they fail at basketball, they can always go back to college or if they already graduated, get a decent job somewhere. College players are usually better developed then Hs players skipping to go to the NBA. It gets better revenues for the NCAA to have all the star players playing in college.
I think they should have to go to college for two years. This gives them a chance to get an education so if basketball doesn't work out then they can work in another field. This also makes them more mature and gives them more competition before making the jump to the NBA.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 21 2006, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To go or not to go that is the question.Should high school players have the chance to go directly to the NBA or is college the better choice to go?By skipping college you miss many things such as leadership skills and maturity.There have been succesful players like Kobe,LeBron and KG to name a few.With every good comes a bad,Kwame jumped from high school to the NBA and has not shown much so far.So the question remains,college or no college?</div> Their are plently of college to NBA busts too...people always make reference to the HS to NBA busts when it's just as common as a college player coming out. I don't mind seeing HS players coming to the NBA. For the most part they do well not to mention the fact that I hate NCAA basketball. Why do so many of you guys care about them getting their educations? Most of these HS kids that failed in the NBA are playing basketball internationally. That's what most of them do and they make a good living.
It depends on the situation. When you get a one in a million like LeBron or Dwight Howard, a guy that can contribute right away, I say it's the good decision. But if you are a guy like Gerald Green or Sebastian Telfair, and still a little raw, you should go to college (but hey, everything happens for a reason. i'm not complaining about us getting Green either lol).
if they're thinking that high school players being busts is the problem, then that's bs. It's the teams fault for picking them. Just think about it, where would the nba be without LeBron, Dwight and Amare??
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ May 23 2006, 10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>if they're thinking that high school players being busts is the problem, then that's bs. It's the teams fault for picking them. Just think about it, where would the nba be without LeBron, Dwight and Amare??</div>And Kobe, KG, T-Mac lol. But still, they afraid of picking Kwame Brown's or Tyson Chandlers. Busts. But the main reason is having a kid throw his life away. Say he goes to the NBA, makes it, turns out to be a bust, turns into a NBDL player. Now if that kid had went to college, gotten an education, and played college ball, not only would he be a better basketball player by the time he reached the NBA but he would also have a degree to fall back on.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 23 2006, 11:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And Kobe, KG, T-Mac lol. But still, they afraid of picking Kwame Brown's or Tyson Chandlers. Busts. But the main reason is having a kid throw his life away. Say he goes to the NBA, makes it, turns out to be a bust, turns into a NBDL player. Now if that kid had went to college, gotten an education, and played college ball, not only would he be a better basketball player by the time he reached the NBA but he would also have a degree to fall back on.</div>Agreed. I'm not going to look it up, but there are tons of people who ahve thrown their life awy because they entered the NBA way too early. I guess none of us can talk abuot this, because we all seem to be in a decent stage financially, but we have to remember most of these highs chooler come from situations where they need the money. I still think the free college education would benifit them greatly, especially one from a place like Duke, but we can't really put ourselves in their shoes
You guys are treating these kids like they are retarded. They are 18 years old and fully capable of making decisions not to mention these kids often come from poor homes. Who and the hell are you to take that right away from a kid who's mom can't afford anything? Most of us don't know what it feels like, most of them live in a completly different world. Let's face it, a lot of these kids don't care about anything but basketball, if you force a kid in for 2 years he would most likely leave and forget about his degree anyway. A degree to fall back on? A vast majority of failed HS to NBA kids are making good money playing basketball overseas, everyone acts like they have no options when they are out of the NBA.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Heatfan32 @ May 21 2006, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To go or not to go that is the question.Should high school players have the chance to go directly to the NBA or is college the better choice to go?By skipping college you miss many things such as leadership skills and maturity.There have been succesful players like Kobe,LeBron and KG to name a few.With every good comes a bad,Kwame jumped from high school to the NBA and has not shown much so far.So the question remains,college or no college?</div>kobe took a couple of seasons, and kg took a couple of seasons. I really dont think that college matters unless u want the "experiece of college". You can learn more by playing against better people anyway. And if you went straight to the league out of high school, u would get humbled and gain maturity by getting knocked around a little bit. Im excluding a few players of course.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 23 2006, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And Kobe, KG, T-Mac lol. But still, they afraid of picking Kwame Brown's or Tyson Chandlers. Busts. But the main reason is having a kid throw his life away. Say he goes to the NBA, makes it, turns out to be a bust, turns into a NBDL player. Now if that kid had went to college, gotten an education, and played college ball, not only would he be a better basketball player by the time he reached the NBA but he would also have a degree to fall back on.</div>how do u say that kwame and chandler threw their careers away. they both started for a playoff team.
