For some reason i thought Silver wanted to end the one and done rule. I would think NBA teams like it so they can see them play in a system and get good tape on players. Still a crapshoot but i would think it is easier selecting college players as opposed to high school AAU ball
I believe he does, but just requiring guys to stay 2 years. Which seems like an even worse idea.
I think the solution is allowing straight from HS guys, but if they choose to go to college then they need to stay 3 years. I'd also like the NCAA to throw in an exemption that even if a guy declared for the draft, if he wasn't selected in the 1st rd he could retain his eligibility.
That would mean all the elite guys who are more than capable of going straight from HS to the NBA could do so. But everyone else would actually have to have a "normal" college career.
I'm not sure what incentive the NBA would have to change anything. In an ideal world, I would like them to adopt something like the college baseball rule. But that would require allowing straight to the pros from HS again which it doesn't seem they have any interest in.
we need to provide a safety net for these kids who just automatically think they are going to be NBA stars and have no backup plan.
I have a hard time beveling you're a Republican.
Swannigan and Bridges wouldn't have been drafted right out of high school so I'm not sure why he'd even mention them. Kwame Brown, one of the biggest busts of all time, still played 13 years and made $64 million. Give me $5million a year for 13 years and call me a bust, I'll sign up for that every day of the week. Andrew Bynum made an All Star and 2nd Team All NBA while being a major player for 2 title teams and part of a runner up team. Terrible example to use. Another post by 14Red where he's wrong on every front.
THEY think they would get drafted out of high school, and it only takes one goofy team to think that. Look at Lonzo and the Lakers.
I'm not looking at it from the money standpoint. Maybe Andrew Bynum becomes and all time great if he goes to college and matures instead of being a goofball. Part of the reason the straight out of high school and the one and done's don't work is because these guys are not able to be a professional basketball player yet. They immature millionaires and 3-4 years of college would allow them to grow up.
Honestly, One and Done's have been great for college basketball. First, it ensures nearly all the best players in the game play one year of college basketball. Secondly, one I bet no one ever thought would happen, it has leveled the playing field and made college basketball much more competitive with numerous teams each year having a chance to win it all.
I think it would depend how many guys went straight from HS to the NBA. You'd lose all those guys playing in college at all, but everyone else would be required to play 3 years(under the proposed scenario.)
So you may lose one year of Bagley, Ayton, and Bamba. But maybe you then get 3 years of Sexton, Jaren Jackson, and Trae Young instead of just one.
I think it would depend how many guys went straight from HS to the NBA. You'd lose all those guys playing in college at all, but everyone else would be required to play 3 years(under the proposed scenario.)
So you may lose one year of Bagley, Ayton, and Bamba. But maybe you then get 3 years of Sexton, Jaren Jackson, and Trae Young instead of just one.
I would agree, but you could argue the one and done rule is punitive too. It certainly was for Porter.
I think Cincy football guy brings up a good point. 3 mandatory years might drive guys away from the college game instead of staying in it.