International Basketball option for Post High school US players.

[twix2500]

Recently NBA retired Amare Stoudemire is about to sign a multi yr multi million dollar deal to play in china. Yo playing overseas needs to be an option for lot of these young kids who will not make it in the NBA and not going to college. Safer than going to the military or messing around with the dope game.

High school coaches need to start getting connected to overseas leagues. It could be a great oppurtunity for some of these kids that will not make in it college.

Emmanuel Mudiay — a top 2015 NBA Draft prospect who decided to play in China instead of spend a mandatory unpaid year in college — got a $1.2 million deal.

One of the most important things for a high school kid that is lacking in the high school system is informing their students of all their options after high school. And one of these options should be playing basketball overseas.

[RexBoyWonder]

All I've got to say is : 好运年轻迪昂 - 维特斯

[deb]

I don't know about China, but Europe is not that great for high school kids. Euroleague is generally a veteran's league, they don't take kindly to 18-19 year olds expecting to waltz in, earn millions and be the star of the team. True, there are a lot of Americans over here, but they first have to go through crappy leagues and crappy contracts to prove themselves, a lot of the time not getting paid on time or at all. Only the best actually get to the top clubs and make millions - it normally doesn't happen before 25th bday. Brandon Jennings tried to play in Italy after HS, his experience overseas was rather humbling. He actually got more playing time next season as an NBA rookie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/sports/basketball/24recruit.html?_r=0

[SCHeat]

Playing internationally is a hard way to go. Hard to get PT, coaches/organizations are very tough, language barriers. Theres a reason why a lot of kids don't do it.

[RexBoyWonder]

BTW the D-league is only getting bigger. Soon every NBA will have it's own exclusive farm team in the Dleague, and the minimum salary there just jumped by like 40%. Still not big money, but more reasonable.

It allows teams to keep a close watch on prospects they like and work with them on specific things. Very useful tool as NBA salaries keep getting larger.

[eddieheatfan]

BTW the D-league is only getting bigger. Soon every NBA will have it's own exclusive farm team in the Dleague, and the minimum salary there just jumped by like 40%. Still not big money, but more reasonable.

It allows teams to keep a close watch on prospects they like and work with them on specific things. Very useful tool as NBA salaries keep getting larger.

d-league should the way to go for the youngsters not china

[DayofMourning]

I believe that Terrance Ferguson, a bouncy, sweet shooting swingman, has chosen to play overseas instead of attending Arizona.

[DayofMourning]

If I were in their shoes, I'd play overseas. The money would be a huge draw for me, but also the ability to travel to a different country and experience a different culture. That'd be very interesting to me.

[QUIZ]

Yeah Mudiay made $1.2mill by going to China but the fact that he chose to play there instead of in the NCAA probably hurt his draft stock. Over the course of his rookie contract if playing college ball was the difference between him going top 5 and the number 7 that he ended up going. He would've been better off simply playing college ball in the long run money wise.

[SCHeat]

If I were in their shoes, I'd play overseas. The money would be a huge draw for me, but also the ability to travel to a different country and experience a different culture. That'd be very interesting to me.

Personally I would too but I don't think a lot of these guys have the maturity for it. Hell, a lot of guys have trouble going to college on their own just a few hours from home, much less across an ocean where everyone is speaking Italian or Chinese.

[Rastas]

I believe that Terrance Ferguson, a bouncy, sweet shooting swingman, has chosen to play overseas instead of attending Arizona.

Ferguson signed to an Australian pro team , less dollars (probally $100 000+) but with a good lifestyle
(free accom n exp's) and no language dramas as well as plenty of playing time it looks like a good alternative to an NCAA season to me , NBA clubs will determine where he should be picked from his footage and tryouts prior to the draft - f#*k the slave league NCAA I say!

[andyhop]

Mudiay and Ferguson went overseas because the Prep school they attended left them with massive difficulties getting eligible for college, and in the end they gave up and signed to play overseas instead. Take away those problems and they both probably suit up their college teams

[BadMofoPimp]

There was absolutely zero guarantee that Mudiay would have been drafted any higher if he went to college instead of overseas. If I were straight out of high school and was poor, I would opt for the experience of playing against pro's and earning some money to help my family over playing for free in college making other people a ton of money.