Posted by Nalod:

Posted by playa2:

Posted by highfivesucka:

good. the quality of players coming into the league these days is pathetic. 90% of the players don't know how to play basketball. they need to stop letting these 1-year kids into the league who have no idea how to play.

What do you mean "they need to stop letting them in", NBA franchises don't have to draft them to play in the NBA out of highschool, SET UP A PROPER Well run MINOR LEAGUE LIKE BASEBALL AND HOCKEY .

They did.

Playa, What about Football. Why not them?


to be an NFL player, college and training are essential. Increasing your maximum weightlifting, speed, weather endurance and ferocity is only achieved through training and college football players stay in school longer than basketball players. come out of high school at 18 and take a hit from a Reggie Lewis, Junior Seau or Mike Strahan at 18 and see where you end up. 18 year olds can get on that floor with the NBA players because the contact is not as extensive.





I think the high schools have to do a bettef job with these kids, and the fact of private schools recruiting them creates competition so a kid who is on track for the NBA does not want to do the work, and maybe the family (if there is one)is not pushing them either.

I Think that Basketball cannot solve the ill's of literacy with these kids so it boils down to What the NBA is doing to protect the quality of its athletes coming in and reduce instances that can hurt business. Having more mature men regardless of the race and backgound makes for a more solid investment, a more professional attitude that the athlete understands his responsablity to his team, family and his body all year long.





Thats why we have yet to even see a kid go over and even bypass his rookie contract for bigger money. Its not offered and it can be very tough for a kid who has not traveled much.

Playa, you think and kid who can't read and write, has a tough family situation, can just pick up and live alone in another country?

And if the economic model of minor league does not justify major expansion then it won't work. In baseball and hockey look at the attendance. Even in the lower teams. They make money.

NCAA gets big money from big crowds, and the bigger programs have a quality staff that can both nurture an immature kid and they will play basketball all year long and develope.

Thats a pretty good deal!

college basketball shouldn't be the classroom. A minor league should. College basketball is a farce that is pretending its a league of students playing basketball, when it's really ball players who are "supposed" to go to class to.

My point is that there needs to be a "TRUE MINOR league because the system now prevent athletes from doing what they want to do, and it hurts real students, who essentially pay for school's to bring in players.

I'm just saying, when going to college isn't a choice, but just a way to get to the NBA, everyone suffers EXCEPT for the NBA and NCAA bottomline.

And yes, that's good for them, I guess they are businesses, but call a spade a spade then and don't pull all these Lenny Cooke sob stories as the reason

Posted by fishmike:

its not race its business. Your insulting everyone's intelligence buy suggesting its racially motivated. The fact that the majority of the talent is black is coincidental.

Of the HS players that have declared in the past maybe 2 in 10 are close to contributing to the NBA. Most float for a few years before being ready. Some totally fade and lose any chance they might have had at a free education in the first place. For every Bynum and Kobe and Lebron there are 5 James Langs, Gerald Greens, Ricky Sanchez, guys that SHOULD have USED the NCAA for a free education.

The tendency is always to look at the Lebrons of the system and harp on the those (like there are so many). The simple fact is most black male basketball players in the NCAA are not going to the NBA, yet the vast majority are getting an education because they play.

Tell me again why thats wrong? Because their sport generates revenue for the college? We just watched a 64 team tourney. Thats over 800 players. How many will be in the NBA in the next 2-3 years? 10? 20? Yet how many will have a chance to get a degree and not have to pay a dime for it? 500? 600? And this is about race? About the man keeping you down? Please.

There are so many examples of racism to choose from (sadly) and this is what you come up with? Lame