Following potential 2013 draftees
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orangello
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It makes total sense.
The thing that bothers me are players like Wiggins (who is an extreme example) and others like Bazz. They seem to already have enough talent to be in the league so why make them wait?
Again, I understand the crap that you allow at the HS level if you do that. I just wanted to get my opinion out there.
I understand. It's perplexing, but I think it's better than the wholesale alternative. I also think of it like this analogy.
There are very bright HS students that would make a brilliant engineer, but lack the maturity and training to immediately be worth hiring by an engineering firm. It's not all bad that these kids go to school for a year, learn to play as a team (most never have), learn responsibility at a higher level, learn about the NBA 'game' (the best coaches help the kids with how to handle the finances, how to handle agents, etc), learn how to handle a brighter spot light, and gain a year of maturity .. not to mention honing their skills another year.
orangello
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Great analogy, but you are missing the point. I am a fan of a team that is stuck in mediocrity. They won't trade all of their future assets or current players with potential for a superstar or someone close to it.
On the other side they won't give their players with potential all of the playing time that they need to be ready to make a serious impact by year 2 or year 3 of their NBA careers. They also won't deliberately tank in order to add top talent to their roster via the draft.
We are stuck in this ugly limbo thing and it is getting harder and harder to support.
If players had a chance to leave out of high school the team that I am a fan of might take a risk and be able to snatch someone that is a future superstar but they are underrated because they are coming out of high school.
I know there are a lot of holes in that theory but it is more realistic than the other scenarios that I outlined at the beginning of this rant.
Wiggins would have gone #1 this year, straight out of HS. I do see your flawed point, though.
Park Bites
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I am with NAOS on this.
Put yourself in this position, if I was a tech company and some hs kid was brilliant at programing and electronics wouldn't I want to hirer him now, and be in charge of his development, instead of after he has gone to MIT and is snagged by a bigger corp.?(bad punctuation)
It is BY FAR the smart play. For the league. For the NCAA .. and even for the kids ..
It's debatable, but it's my strong opinion. No straight to the league, no one and done.. drag the kids through some education, through some adjusting through transitions, some maturing, and bring a new fanbase with them. It is the right answer, imo.
