do u like the nba college rule where kids have to wait one year before joining nba?

Question

name examples for every garnett n kobe there is a korleone young lenny cooke
so give examples and be specific
i wrote a paper on this and did a speech on this so be specific

Answer 1

I like it better than what it was. I think that high school grads need to wait at least two years. This way they can get at least an associates in something, just in case their career gets ruined (god forbid it). Of course you can what if anything, but what if a high schooler got drafted then got a career ending injury at some point down the line. But the chances are that he didn't know how to manage his money and he won't at this point cause he is set in his ways. So he will blow it all away. He doesn't have a college education where he can fall back on just in case this happens. Prime example Jonathan Bender. Need I say more.

Answer 2

KG and Lebron James were unique in what they were able to do right out of high school. Im not including Kobe because he's not the same caliber as the previously mentioned all stars.

Take for example Sebastian Telfair and Kwame Brown, both were highly touted as high school seniors just to be wasting away in the NBA now.

I think the current rule where you have to be two years awy from high schoool graduation is a good idea. In most cases high schoolers aren't mentally ready for the challenges of the NBA.

I can understand a 18 year old phenom not wanting risk future money playing a game he's not going to be paid for, but the rule is there to make sure these guys are ready for more than what comes on the Basketball court.

The list below shows every high schooler taken since the 1995 NBA Draft with their draft position in () and the team that took them

Answer 3

I honestly feel that a few years in college will always benefit the athlete. Look at so many cases where the player never matured after entering the league so early, i.e. Darius Miles and Kwame Brown. Besides, wouldn't it be fun to have seen someone like Lebron have played in the NCAA for at least a year too?

However, I also think the real point of going to college is getting a degree and graduating with it, so from that point of view, I don't see the difference between one year and three. At the end of the day I think it should be the athlete's choice, and the team's, since our economy operates on a free market with capitalist principles. This should be no different.
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Answer 4

If the NBA really cared about the person and not the money the player will make for the NBA they would make some sort of mandatory education system for the young players and not risk injuries by making the players take 1 year of college, which will be of no help to their future. The NBA just wants their image to look good with this bad rule

Answer 5

YES! I think you should go to college frist that way if things don't work in the NBA, you will have some thing to fall back on,And not depend on other to help you all the time not everybody can be like Kobe Bryant or Garnett,even James.But what ever you do work hard at it and master it and your skills.

Answer 6

I do because not every player coming out of high school is going to be a Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, or a Kevin Garnett.I think kids should play at least one year of college to increase there skill level and so they can be battle tested.

Answer 7

yes, this rule if a great one. It allows players to achieve goals in fields outside of basketball and basically gives them a chance to improve their skills. Take carmello anthony for example, he got to tast an ncaa title and now hes the leading scorer in the nba. It tooks atleast 5 years for players like kg, kobe and jermaine oneal to even become an effective force in the nba

Answer 8

Yeah, it gives them more experience. For, example, Brandan Wright, the star forward for UBC wanted to go straight to the NBA but the rule said he had to go to college for at least one year. We now see with his wishy washy play that he isn't ready for the NBA. He'll score 20 points and get 8 rebounds one game but the next game he'll get 7 points and 3 rebounds.

Answer 9

I think it's a great rule. I mean imagine this season of college basketball without Durant and Oden. It gives stars like them to develop their skills more, and it makes for one great year of college basketball.

Answer 10

I like the rule because Kevin Durant is playing for my favorite team. and they better beat USC today.