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Originally Posted by ScarletStorms
I just keep imagining how much it would have hurt to hold Lebron down for two years. Not just Lebron but the NBA in general. Might become common now for players to opt for Euro teams for a couple years before they try the NBA. Stretch that over a long enough time line and the NBA is no longer significantly better than Euro teams and players don't care so much about returning. And I wouldn't blame them at all.
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I guess I don't understand how it hurts someone to go through two years of basketball in a structured form, practicing 6 days a week, and in a college weight training program, etc...It isn't like they are putting the ball down for 2 years...
No american player that can play at the NBA level is going to go over there and stay over there...You could see an occasional kid or two go over there for money purposes or lack of grades, but I don't think that a kid is going to go over there get no exposure and then come back here...Kids get more exposure by going to college than coming straight out of high school...Durant is prime example number one...He got more air time on ESPN last year at Texas than he is getting in Seattle this year...
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And college basketball isn't college football. No one cares about college basketball outside of North Carolina. The only reason I watch is for recruiting purposes and because they have Ohio State on the front of their jersey. It is just laughable that David Stern could even conceive of telling players that he is going to cut their pro careers short by two years without compensation.
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And with better talent level you think more people won't tune in...If Lebron was at tOSU for two years, you don't think we would attract more than just tOSU fans...
And like billmac said he is the CEO and can put any kind of restrictions he wants on who to hire...of course the players union might have something to say about that, but as I mentioned earlier I don't see why it is that big of deal to ones that are already in the league...