How would you prefer college eligibility to be handled?

[lebron23james]

I would prefer it to be handled in a lottery per say

Think a spin the bottle type approach, where they all gather around spin the bottle and inside their fortune which is tucked inside a fortune cookie that they will open. In it it says go straight to the nba, 2 years of college, 3 years, you will find luck tonight, 1 1/2 years etc...(The back will have the winning lottery numbers)

This will be televised for entertainment purposes with a half time show from lil wayne and meek mill...Dj Khald will produce it...How does that sound? Thoughts...

 

[tlance]

I would prefer it to be handled in a lottery per say

Think a spin the bottle type approach, where they all gather around spin the bottle and inside their fortune which is tucked inside a fortune cookie that they will open. In it it says go straight to the nba, 2 years of college, 3 years, you will find luck tonight, 1 1/2 years etc...(The back will have the winning lottery numbers)

This will be televised for entertainment purposes with a half time show from lil wayne and meek mill...Dj Khald will produce it...How does that sound? Thoughts...

This might be the most intelligent thing you have ever posted.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

CJ and Gerald made more in their careers than their non basketball playing friends will see their whole lives

Just imagine how good they could have been with two extra years of seasoning before entering the league.

Of course, the bronsexuals will make this an issue of race, but the reality is that it's about protecting careers. We want our basketball players to have long and lengthy careers, not guys who flame out in their late twenties.

We currently have six HS draftees still in the league. Six. That's it. And of those guys, only maybe LeBron and Lou Williams have reached their truest potential. @CitySushi I'm calling you out on this one...

Of course, LeBron is the elephant in the room here just as he is everywhere else. the frontrunning fan assumes that since LeBron came in out of HS that anyone can. Hate to break it to ya'll, but the dude is a physical freak of nature and probably on steroids.

Any wild speculation aside, a HS draftee is actually, literally at this point, 100 percent more likely to be the next CJ or Gerald than he is to be the next LeBron James.

 

[CitySushi]

Just imagine how good they could have been with two extra years of seasoning before entering the league.

Of course, the bronsexuals will make this an issue of race, but the reality is that it's about protecting careers. We want our basketball players to have long and lengthy careers, not guys who flame out in their late twenties.

We currently have six HS draftees still in the league. Six. That's it. And of those guys, only maybe LeBron and Lou Williams have reached their truest potential. @CitySushi I'm calling you out on this one...

Of course, LeBron is the elephant in the room here just as he is everywhere else. the frontrunning fan assumes that since LeBron came in out of HS that anyone can. Hate to break it to ya'll, but the dude is a physical freak of nature and probably on steroids.

Any wild speculation aside, a HS draftee is actually, literally at this point, 100 percent more likely to be the next CJ or Gerald than he is to be the next LeBron James.

Seeing as it’s 2019 and the last year eligible for a HS draftee was 2005, kind of makes sense no? That means those 6 players have over 14 years in the league going on 15. That’s actually an argument in my favor.

 

[CitySushi]

@HurricaneDij39

From the years I used 2001-2005, how many non-HS players are still in the NBA?

 

[tlance]

Just imagine how good they could have been with two extra years of seasoning before entering the league.

Of course, the bronsexuals will make this an issue of race, but the reality is that it's about protecting careers. We want our basketball players to have long and lengthy careers, not guys who flame out in their late twenties.

We currently have six HS draftees still in the league. Six. That's it. And of those guys, only maybe LeBron and Lou Williams have reached their truest potential. @CitySushi I'm calling you out on this one...

Of course, LeBron is the elephant in the room here just as he is everywhere else. the frontrunning fan assumes that since LeBron came in out of HS that anyone can. Hate to break it to ya'll, but the dude is a physical freak of nature and probably on steroids.

Any wild speculation aside, a HS draftee is actually, literally at this point, 100 percent more likely to be the next CJ or Gerald than he is to be the next LeBron James.

It might have helped, it might not have. Depends on where they went to school, who their coach was and a number of other factors.

While that extra seasoning helps a lot of guys, it is naive to think they would have been significantly better had they gone to college. They surely would have been more NBA ready at the onset of their careers, but 10+ years of NBA basketball and year round training has surely helped them reach their potential.

Were either CJ Miles or Gerald Green going to become more athletic by attending college? The clear answer is no. They were almost surely destined for careers as NBA role players no matter what.

Now for the never was guys, you have a point. But even for them, it is highly possible they never get drafted if they fail to live up to the hype in college.

CJ and Gerald made it.

 

[tlance]

@HurricaneDij39

From the years I used 2001-2005, how many non-HS players are still in the NBA?

My guess is less than 6.

 

[trojanfan12]

Just imagine how good they could have been with two extra years of seasoning before entering the league.

Of course, the bronsexuals will make this an issue of race, but the reality is that it's about protecting careers. We want our basketball players to have long and lengthy careers, not guys who flame out in their late twenties.

We currently have six HS draftees still in the league. Six. That's it. And of those guys, only maybe LeBron and Lou Williams have reached their truest potential. @CitySushi I'm calling you out on this one...

Of course, LeBron is the elephant in the room here just as he is everywhere else. the frontrunning fan assumes that since LeBron came in out of HS that anyone can. Hate to break it to ya'll, but the dude is a physical freak of nature and probably on steroids.

Any wild speculation aside, a HS draftee is actually, literally at this point, 100 percent more likely to be the next CJ or Gerald than he is to be the next LeBron James.

First off, wtf does race have to do with it? That's just incredibly stupid on your part. But then, I guess you had to try to come up with some way to criticize Lebron.

Second of all, the point that you attempted to call @CitySushi out on actually works against whatever point you thought you had.

And finally, Lebron is a generational type player. He's in the company of guys like Magic, MJ, Bird, Kareem, etc. So pretty much any player, high school, college or someone from overseas is far more likely to be like Green or CJ than they are Lebron.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

@HurricaneDij39

From the years I used 2001-2005, how many non-HS players are still in the NBA?

Well the fact that most those guys are pushing 40 right about now seems like a rather cheap way to manipulate an answer you want to hear, wouldn't you say?

 

[HurricaneDij39]

My guess is less than 6.

Chris Paul, Marvin Williams, Vince Carter, Kyle Korver, Andre Iguodala, Joe Johnson, Trevor Ariza.

That's seven right there and might be missing some, so fuck off.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Todd making friends again I see

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Todd making friends again I see

Just doing what I do as the voice of reason.

 

[trojanfan12]

Just doing what I do as the voice of reason.

You spelled insanity wrong.

 

[flyerhawk]

prep to pros. It will make college basketball better.

 

[Niner Outlaw]

I think players should have a choice. They can elect to give up all eligibility and go straight to the NBA from HS, or they have to wait 3 years to become draft eligible (either college or foreign-pro).

 

[tlance]

Chris Paul, Marvin Williams, Vince Carter, Kyle Korver, Andre Iguodala, Joe Johnson, Trevor Ariza.

That's seven right there and might be missing some, so fuck off.

Why the hostility?

You realize that like 85% of the American born players from that time period went to college right?

And yeah, there are probably more than 7.

But you are missing the point as usual.

 

[jontaejones]

It might have helped, it might not have. Depends on where they went to school, who their coach was and a number of other factors.

While that extra seasoning helps a lot of guys, it is naive to think they would have been significantly better had they gone to college. They surely would have been more NBA ready at the onset of their careers, but 10+ years of NBA basketball and year round training has surely helped them reach their potential.

Were either CJ Miles or Gerald Green going to become more athletic by attending college? The clear answer is no. They were almost surely destined for careers as NBA role players no matter what.

Now for the never was guys, you have a point. But even for them, it is highly possible they never get drafted if they fail to live up to the hype in college.

CJ and Gerald made it.

I generally agree that players become who they will become. Yes, some guys fall of the track, Steven Jackson comes to mind, but they can back on and reach their potential.

However, it's better for the NBA in the sense that you know more of what you are drafting and have a much better read on that potential.

That two to three years in college gives you a much better picture of what you've got.

I think it would add a lot to the draft and it would make building teams through the draft realistic again.

 

[jontaejones]

I think players should have a choice. They can elect to give up all eligibility and go straight to the NBA from HS, or they have to wait 3 years to become draft eligible (either college or foreign-pro).

The more I think about this ... the more I like it.

That's really the way baseball does it? I wonder why. It's not like anybody follows college baseball.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

You spelled insanity wrong.

Why the hostility?

You realize that like 85% of the American born players from that time period went to college right?

And yeah, there are probably more than 7.

But you are missing the point as usual.

The fact that @CitySushi tried to manipulate a question to get an answer he wanted to hear, yet still came up on the losing end, should be rather telling.

There are more collegiate draftees still in the league from that era than HS ones, and the HS ones are YOUNGER and not even on the cusp of pushing 40.

 

[shopson67]

This might be the most intelligent thing you have ever posted.

Well, not the taste in music...