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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40
So this is there third year in the league...imagine if they would of went to college for 2 seasons and this was their rookie year...Everyone would know every name on that list, they would be seasoned to go to the NBA and the two years were those guys were unheard of wouldn't of happened...This is what makes this rule so great...
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I'm not disagreeing with you at all, in fact I wanted to mention this and forgot. I like the rule and think that spending two years getting an education will help develop these players as people, and the development from two years in the pros and two years in college is probably about the same IMO, although the straight from high school players probably have an advantage in their 3rd pro year because they have adjusted to the life. I was just using that list to prove that most recruits straight out of high school are pretty successful in the league.
As for BKB's point about the NBA being a poor product if high school players can come in and dominate- basketball is basketball. Its much less complicated than football, where the playbooks are incredibly different from high school to college to the pros. Sure, coaches need to teach sets and formations, if you will, but basketball is so much more about individual talent and playmaking, and these kids all have the talent to come in and play. And very few of these kids come in and dominate from day 1, but if you could spend two years in college developing your game, or two years in the pros developing your game while getting paid a lot of money, which would you take?