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Originally Posted by BengalsAndBucks
I have no idea what point your trying to make here. Clearly not any above-average high school player can make it to the NBA- these are the creme of the crop, the best of the 5 star recruits. I was just saying that, as bad as Kwame Brown has made the average high school-to-pro player look, there are many more examples of players who went straight to the NBA and were huge successes.
As to why you would want to watch that, I have no idea what you would want to watch.
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Why bother watching the NBA when I can just watch HS basketball.. it's a lot cheaper...
"Creme of the crop?" My point is... if the greatest HS players are such great NBA players... well.. the NBA must suck.
Maybe I just think the highest level of basketball should be more complicated than such that a friggin 19 year old can excel at. Don't get me wrong, these people are incredible athletes... but.. the game itself... the product... can't be that good if you don't need a "basketball education" to be able to dominate it.
You know what made Jordan so great? It wasn't plain talent alone... it was that he learned how to play the game. And, as it turns out.... until he learned how to play the game, the Bulls were a 1st round play off loss. Frankly, that's what makes LeBron great (and I realize that's contrary to my point)... along with talent, you have to learn things. If any joker out of HS is just as likely to "get it" along with a 7 year vet... The caliber of the game can't be worth the price of admission.