so I've been thinking about the 1 and done rule and I've come up with a solution that I think would benefit everyone as much as possible. Player can declare after HS, if chosen he can go to NBA or go to college. Team retains exclusive rights for 2 years. If a player goes to college they have to go at least 2 years. If they stay for third year they become a restricted FA (there would still be some sort of cap here but higher then rookie scale). So team can retain but player has ability to make more money. If the player chooses to go to NBA out of HS team has to sign the player according to the rookie scale for where they are picked, if they choose not to sign them player becomes a FA. That's the short version. There is some more to it that I will put in another post but didn't want to make it to long so nobody reads.
Yes. No reason not to allow kids to earn money. You go to college to get a job, but if you can get the job you want without going to college, then do it.
What's the incentive for the teams here? I think they'd much rather send the player down to the GLeague and expand its use with the new two-way contracts.
I would even compromise and make it 2 years instead of 3. Three years might encourage players who are not ready for the NBA, to go pro out of HS regardless. 2 years on the other hand might be a little easier for both sides of the debate to agree to. Baby steps....
Here's my version of this idea. College players could enter the draft out of high school. If a player gets drafted out of high school, they (and their teams) have the option of them: Playing in the D-League/international for a 1 year then going to the league. Going to college for 2 years then go to the league. The player would become a RFA 5 years after he's drafted, unless he goes to college for 3 years, then they would become a RFA after that 3rd year (this would give incentive for good players that went to college to stay another year to become a free agent 2 years sooner.) If a player doesn't enter the draft out of H.S. and goes to college for 2 years, they still become a RFA 5 years after they leave H.S. This would improve college basketball due to good players staying for longer. This would improve the D-League and make it more interesting with players straight out of HS playing there. This would be good for international players, who would have to be stashed or go to the D-League a year anyway if drafted at the age of 18. This would be good for all players, as they could earn money right out of high school while working with an NBA team by focusing on their development on the D-League level. Players in college/right out of HS (who choose to go to the D-League) who's rights are owned by an NBA team could play summer league and pre-season basketball for that squad while retaining college eligibility by not earning a paycheck. This would make summer league and especially pre-season extremely interesting with good college players and players out of HS mixed in,
Yeah boy. Hit and run driver left me flat on the road around Belmont and 30th. Still showed up for work the next morning. I have no scars from it, so no worries.
Technically no one is prohibiting anyone from making money playing basketball right out of HS. They are just saying you need to wait a year after HS before entering the best basketball league in the world. Whether that is rule is right or wrong, is a separate argument IMO. But I really can't feel too sorry for a kid making a couple hundred thousand (or a million) when they are 18, while getting to experience living in Spain, Italy, Australia etc.
No seriously you should drop some mean in there too. It like putting slight echo on a good vocal rack.... helps the delivery. Waka waka.
