tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post8392225924134929268..comments2024-02-23T02:43:28.895-06:00Comments on Yellow Chair Sports: Young Whippersnappers II: My comment became a postUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-39193203855304636562007-12-07T12:26:00.000-06:002007-12-07T12:26:00.000-06:00Finally got around to reading this... Well done.On...Finally got around to reading this... Well done.<BR/><BR/>One point of contention: If every "top-5 or top 10 pick" were a 20-ppg impact players, the NBA would have... a lot of 20-ppg impact players.Vinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836050864225262267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-37440934416234491272007-12-06T15:41:00.000-06:002007-12-06T15:41:00.000-06:00Is that baby Chinese? He looks Chinese. Or weird...Is that baby Chinese? He looks Chinese. Or weird, at least.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547108094270238761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-78658025079810855162007-12-05T17:53:00.000-06:002007-12-05T17:53:00.000-06:00Yea, good call on the rule, I realized that about ...Yea, good call on the rule, I realized that about halfway through the post, thought about going back and changing it, then realizing that hardly anyone goes straight out of high school, then goes to play for Treviso, Real Madrid Baloncesto, or AEK Athens for a year before entering the NBA Draft. So it's really a <I>de facto</I> "one-year in college rule."<BR/><BR/>You're right though.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181248524843705767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400569.post-28412022319751030152007-12-05T17:11:00.000-06:002007-12-05T17:11:00.000-06:00To reiterate what Pat said: the NBA does not have ...To reiterate what Pat said: the NBA does not have a "one-year of college" rule. The rule simply states that players must be out of high school for one year. Obviously, the best move for a prospect is to go to college, but the NBA is not forcing anyone to play college hoops.<BR/><BR/>Also, one aspect that has not been mentioned yet is what I think is the best reason to <I>keep</I> the one-year rule. Every year there are a lot of kids that pass up on college to go straight for the pros because they are convinced to do so by someone who wants to be their agent. Then these kids don't get drafted, it is too late to apply to college, their "agent" walks away unharmed, and they're left in a pretty shitty situation.<BR/><BR/>There was at least one movie made about this exact phenomenon, but I can't remember the name of it. Regardless, it happens a lot, and kids that could have been stars end up stuck on the streets with a lot of debt. This is the real argument for "forcing" kids to go to college for at least a year. Last night Dick Vitale suggested that we should allow kids to go straight to the league, but force them to stay at least three years if they do choose to go to school. That might sound good on the surface, but it would lead to a lot more kids trying to make the jump when they really aren't ready.<BR/><BR/>This really is a sticky situation, because no matter how you go about it, someone is going to suffer.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889169796759342598noreply@blogger.com