2007-09-21 04:33:40 · 16 answers · asked by fatface 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
No
Get your free education while you can.
Chances are you will not last long in the NBA.
2007-09-21 04:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by Fuzzybutt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like the rules as of right now, where players has to play at least 1 year in college. I know players like KG, TMac, Kobe, J. O'Neil, Dwight Howard, and Amare made the successful step onto the NBA scene. There were many others that thought they could make it and failed. Now they are probably flipping burgers or cleaning shoes at the airport. They lost the free ride to college to get an education. Without attending school, they have nothing to fall back on.
Making potential NBA players spend a year in college can open their eyes to staying another year or even all four years. Maybe just to improve their game or maybe to get a free education, they will experiment the college life at least for one year.
Just like in the NFL, the money will always be there for the players. If they are good enough to go from HS to the NBA, the money will be there once they go from College to the NBA. They will get a better contract because they are ready to contribute more to their team.
2007-09-21 06:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If youre 18, you can work. You are of age, and an adult. Granted the GMs in the league were out of control trying to snatch up talent before it was ready, and it started to blow up in their faces. The best players in the league were all straight out of high school, minus Tim Duncan and Steve Nash. But look at Kobe, Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Rashard Lewis, Jermaine O'Neal, Nowitzki (who was working out with teams before he was 18 even) and for that matter every single foreign player who comes here. They are all playing pro before they even turn 18. I know theres dozens more, but I don;t feel like looking them all up now.
The rule was made to save the NCAA from irrelevancy. If GMs wanted to be smart about it they would wait. But the simple truth of the matter is, theres a lot fo younng kids out there who are rock dumb, but great ball players. Why should college be a pre-req to play in the NBA?
Because the NBA doesn't want to institute a real minor league program.
2007-09-21 06:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by BROOOOOKLYN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 14:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yea if they make it. Any one of them is making at least five times more money than I am. If they get injured and lose their job they can get another one. If college is the main part of your question, any one of them could probably pay for four years of school with one year of their salary made in in the NBA. I would do it in a heartbeat if I was a basketball player with the ability.
2007-09-21 04:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by BingoBanggoBongo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why shouldn't they?
Going straight to the NBA means hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in contracts and endorsements. If a player gets major injury over 4 years of college, all of that money evaporates.
They can always take that money and get an education afterwards, if they have to.
Let me put it to you this way, if someone offered you 2 million dollars today, and all you had to do was drop out of school and do what you love (but you could go back after 2 years if you wanted), wouldn't you do it?
2007-09-21 04:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by 006 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The question is irrelevant since the NBA does not allow high school players into the league. They must be one year removed from their high school graduating class.
2007-09-21 11:02:05 · answer #7 · answered by William H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You only hear and read about the ones who make the transition like Bryant and Garnett. Check out past drafts and look at all of the ones who were busts. By being selected in the NBA draft they no longer qualify for college ball. So it is a double loss. No NBA contract and can't play ball in college. There are a lot of sad stories out there.
2007-09-21 07:18:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. If you can enter the workforce at 18 or join the military and die for your country at 18, then you should be able to join the NBA and make millions at 18. It shouldnt be about age or experience. It should be about sett up yourself and family financially. Isnt that what we all do when we wake up in the morning and go to our crappy jobs??
2007-09-21 05:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by PLATINUM_PLUS1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
The culture shock would be too great, with the possible exception of a few exceptionally mature individuals.
College ball, or possibly a developmental league stint for a year or two would benefit everyone. I know there is the LeBron James argument, but even he is just coming into his own as a pro - at age 22.
2007-09-21 08:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Jeff S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is alright for them to do it. due to the success of so many high school to nba players, teams are very willing to gamble on those types of players. i do think it is stupid to sacrafice your education, but it is tough to pass up on the many of millions of dollars that the athletes get offered.
2007-09-21 07:31:10 · answer #11 · answered by Doug Bies 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋