2007-09-15 00:46:46 · 5 answers · asked by babyface 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Lenny Cooke didn't go to college, because he was academically ineligible to play for his high school team when he turned 19. He could've polished his game in college and played in the NBA, instead of being nothing right now.
--He averaged 25 pts. 10 rebs. 2 stls. 2 blks. per game in his junior year. And 31.5 pts in the first 8 games of his senior year before he turned 19.--
Instead, he rushed and declared himself eligible in the 2002 NBA draft. But he wasn't picked because he was young, arrogant, and unpolished. He could've made it and dominated had he entered college and became patient. Too bad.
After that. He was gone.
"More and more, high school basketball players are forgoing college for the glitter and glamour of the professional game"
2007-09-15 01:32:51 · answer #1 · answered by At 15. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is Lenny Cooke?
2007-09-17 23:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because he was a knuckle head in school. Couldn't make the grade to go to college and work his way up to the league, anyway he would have still had to wait until his 19th B-day before he is eligible.
2007-09-19 00:05:22 · answer #3 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason than me: bad player. lack of skills.
2007-09-15 07:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by El Viejo Pantera 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was academically ineligible
2007-09-19 05:42:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋