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I agree but I think I lot of guys would benefit from more coaching before getting to the NBA where it's be good or have a seat next to me. I think Terrence Jones (I know he did 2 years) has finally come around because he wasn't ready and got that extra coaching he needed from being shipped to the d league. Austin Rivers wasn't ready and that's why he averages about 5 points a game. Yeah it's a shame that I heard about that Seventh Woods kid when he was only like 7th grade and that there is a highlight reel of every kid who is half way decent, but if their goal is to make as much money as they can, holding off on the league until they're ready is their best option. No doubt about it that a lot of AAU coaches don't care about the players. But I'm sure the Coach K's and even Calipari's of the world do even if it's only because good players are directly tied to their salaries.A lot of juniors do as well.
The bottom line is that this **** isn't an exact science. Toying with the age limit isn't going to have any real effect on the quality of the NBA.
The real change needs to begin with the youth developmental stages. We need to take a real look at the summer circuit and camps. The "business" of basketball is beginning way to early and a lot of kids have gotten lost in the shuffle. You got a lot of so called AAU coaches and street agents that really don't give a **** about kids unless they can see what's in it for them in the long run. Its a dirty game that needs to be cleaned up. Basketball wise...a good portion of these dudes futures depend on an AAU system where they pretty much roll the ball out there and run wild. A lot of the "development" a lot of people think goes on at the college level needs to start much earlier. That's why you have all these 6'10+ big men with 40 inch verticals but wouldn't know a post move if it hit em in the face. That's why you have all these athletic wings with JR Smith syndrome that will dunk on you and bomb away from deep but can't spell "mid range".
Add in this YouTube highlight reel era that even 2 and 3 star prospects have...and **** is all bad. When they put this rule in...chances are there won't be a single thing we'll be able to identify and say " his rule helped the league" or "this rule helped the kids".
That extra year of school isn't going to turn an Andrew Wiggins into Kobe Bryant and its not going to turn a Daniel Orton into a serviceable big man. Development is PURELY up to that individual at that point. Deandre Jordan could have been Daniel Orton. He was a disappointing freshman that left too early they said...and a 2nd re pick at that. He put in the work to be what he is right now. Not Texas A&M.
A rookie deal is great compared to a college scholarship, but your second deal worth 10+ million a year as a good or decent player is better than that second deal at the league min after you have been on the bench your whole rookie contract.
Kind of rambled.....my apoligies
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