Playa's dream!

great idea. my dream too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/sports/ncaabasketball/23prospect.html?_r=1&hp

His decision is perhaps the most important one since Kevin Garnett jumped straight to the N.B.A. from high school in 1995. Garnett was the No. 5 pick in the N.B.A. draft and ushered in a generation of preps-to-pros stars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwight Howard. A minimum-age rule passed for the 2006 draft cut off that route, essentially forcing players to spend at least one year in college.

screw playing for NCAA hoops.

get paid for your trade and skill.

"Nowadays people look to college for more off-the-court stuff versus being in the gym and getting better,” Tyler said. “If you’re really focused on getting better, you go play pro somewhere. Pro guys will get you way better than playing against college guys."

talk about stating EXACTLY what i wrote. i swear i didn't say boo to the guy. haha.

interesting how he said that college is more about "off-the-court stuff"...

hmmm...

wonder what that means?

like building hype? look at how so many of us react to players who don't play in ncaa hoops or for big programs?

[Edited by - PresIke on 04-23-2009 10:44 AM]

Posted by PresIke:


interesting how he said that college is more about "off-the-court stuff"...

hmmm...

wonder what that means?

Education?

Posted by Andrew:

Posted by PresIke:


interesting how he said that college is more about "off-the-court stuff"...

hmmm...

wonder what that means?

Education?

lol...i guess that depends if you count learning how to survive all-you-can-drink for $5 natural keg parties while having a midterm exam the next am, or how to schedule your courses so you have no class on friday.

[Edited by - PresIke on 04-23-2009 1:37 PM]

He just wants to play ball and make as much money as possible. Shame he cant do it in the "free market" here in the U.S and has to go to the "socialism" addled Europe...lol

Tennis and Golf players do this all the time, BTW.

Laugh that people are talking about his future when he is probably going to make more in one year what it would take most average citizens to make in five.

There really is not a thing wrong with what he is doing. At the same time the NCAA is doing just fine.

UNC just won with a very mature team what galvanized because indvidually they were not good enough to be lotto picks last year. Lets not get all warm and cushy on UNC and they all coming back to "win it". Many coaches don't want the "one and done" player as it disrupts the team.

Florida a few years ago was a nice story. They boys came back to repeat which was nice. It actually hurt Noah to some degree, but they seemed to enjoy themselves and created somthing very very speacial that will last a lifetime. It might have cost them some money, but the money is and was still there. Noah, Horford and Conley were not dire for money so it worked.

I think each kid has his own agenda and needs to follow his own path. Tyler wants to play professionally but not with the 14 year olds, but the big time. How much playing time and practice time he can get is somthing that may not be known.

Obvously Lebron like players are going to make it no matter what or where. ITs the other players who could get caught up and lose out. Don't think for a minute the Euros are not looking to profit very handsomely from these kids and will spit them out if they don't cut it. My problem is asking kids to be paid professionals when we all know young adults are not always ready to handle that kind of pressure.

Tennis and golf players are individual players and not really part of "team" sport. very young they have their parents and coaches to guide them along. In Basketball, they can't pick and choose the tournaments and matches to play, then have to get on board with the teams's schedule. They can't limit their travel but have to get on a grind that must be effiecnet and the player must adopt.

These are for the kid and the parents to decide what is the best path for the player.

Let them play. I think NBA has no problem with it because if the kid flames out then they achieved what they set out to do. See how the kids performs on the big stage! If they can't cut it in Europe, then they can decide better where he goes in the draft. He he can't dominate in the NCAA, same thing.

The 19 year old rule was to protect the league form over investing on unproven commodities. Go to NCAA, go to europe, the NBA should not care. At age 19 the top prospect kid is still coming to the NBA. If anything, the kid risks more going to europe than the NBA.