OT - Jeremy Tyler Going To Europe, After Junior Year Of High School

They are skipping HS to FURTHER their education, big difference.
We aren't the most intelligent country and this situation kind of adds to the fact

 

He didn't skip HS. He just completed it quickly. I wouldn't have a problem if Tyler were graduating HS this summer and taking college classes.

 

Why would this situation add to that fact? This guy's career is going to be centered around basketball barring a freak injury. He is going to make more in two years than many of his "high school graduate" counterparts (both non-basketball and basketball playing) are going to make their entire lives.

What would one more year of high school do? Senior year is one big party. Its easy, you don't give a shit about the second semester and you spend your weekends having a good time. By him starting his career and getting real work experience, he'll be better for it.

I mean unless he wants to learn the Pythgorean Theorm

 

EXACTLY! One injury and he is flipping burgers the rest of his life, because he has no education.

 

Actually he'll have a contract. His contract is his insurance policy. He signs a decent contract, gets insurance coverage for himself...he won't have to worry about flipping burgers.

You don't get that guarantee as a high school and college athlete.

 

I think you guys are severely overestimating his handling of finances(meaning, don't assume he will have money just b/c of a contract)..a lot of athletes screw up their money, contract or no contract.

 

So assume he'll squander his money, get injured and end up flipping burgers?

ok.

 

That could actually be a contributing factor.

I don't claim to be an "expert" on the Euroleagues, but from everything I have read, there is only one type of young player who thrives there - a "savant" like Rubio. From the neck down, Jennings is probably a much better prospect than Rubio...but like most players his age, he is still learning the game. As a result, he sits on the bench, and is expected to learn the game on his own time.

The rule of thumb seems to be that players get far more individual coaching at a US college, than they do with a Euro team.

I'm sure they gave Jennings a *chance*, but once he came up short, they just lost interest in him. Compound this with the language barrier and the shorter season...and it sounds like a piss poor way for an American teenager to try to develop his game!

 

Yeah, I'm totally with you. In fact, junior high was a waste of time too - think of all the elementary things they taught you! And speaking of elementary, damn, elementary school was a waste of my time. Addition and subtraction? Come on, does anybody NOT use a calculator or cell phone now to do math? Hell, I should've just popped out of the womb and gone to a pro team...

What they never tell you about is the 10,000 other dingleberries that think (or are told) they are NBA material who end up lying at the bottom of the human trash can who can now forget about the most meaningless jobs because they don't have any education and no motivation to continue on that path. So, for you, more power to you, but I'm thinking it's more exception meet rule.

 

Jennings was a one and done college player if we were to go to Arizona as planned so therefore he was planning on just one year over seas anyway.

 

Does anybody have a problem with child actors getting their "education" on the various sets of the movies they are filming? What about the teen age pop stars that are touring the world? Why can they do it but an athlete should not be allowed? The athlete has the shortest career expectancy. They are the ones that should start earning using their skill as soon as they can.

 

Why is he bitching about scratches and bruises? Won't he get those daily in the NBA?

 

I think what he was complaining about was the level of his competition. His team was so shitty that other teams just triple teamed them. The other teams foulers were probably dorky high school athletes, so they were fouling pretty badly verusus professional athletes who know the game.

I think its more likely to get hurt playing with people who suck than with people who are good and do it for a living rather than do it just to nail the cheerleaders and get a lettermans.

 

Ditto, dude got quadruple teamed many times.

 

I'm pretty sure that Jennings is automatically eligible for the draft. Besides, with this being such a weak class he has a chance to be top-5.

 

If you are dumber than a box of rocks and have a high probability of not being able to complete high school or stay eligible for a year of college then why not take that six figure paycheck and get some OJT?

The goal is to play hoop for a living which is exactly what he'll be doing. If he's not worried about the college experience or being well educated or well rounded that's his choice.

 

Financially it's a good move but it could plummet their stock.

Brandon Jennings was mediocre at best.

 

IIRC, Jennings isn't required to enter the draft this year. To be automatically entered into the pool, you either have to exhaust your college eligibility, or be playing in Europe beyond a certain age. (23?)

Jennings may be gambling on this being a weak draft, but if he thought his play in Europe was *improving* his value, he could keep his name out.