NBA Preparing To Get Involved With Elite High School Prospects

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NBA Preparing To Get Involved With Elite High School Prospects 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Mon Mar 5, 2018 4:14 pm

The NBA is preparing to get involved with elite high school basketball players more than a decade after creating the one-and-done rule.


Adam Silver and several of his top advisers have been engaged in listening tours and information-gathering missions with an array of stakeholders for months.


Silver's aim is much more comprehensive than simply re-opening the door for 18-year-olds to play in the NBA.


The idea of reversing the course by the NBA comes as a response to scandals in the NCAA.


The NBA could begin starting relationships with elite teenagers while they are in high school to help provide skills to develop them on and off the court.


The NBA could ultimately create a system where 18-year-olds could earn a meaningful salary.


The NBA is focusing on getting involved in two important periods in which they currently have minimal contact with prospects: the high school years and the time between high school graduation and when a young player is physically and emotionally ready to join the NBA.

Via Brian Windhorst/ESPN

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Post#2 » by Red_Claw » Mon Mar 5, 2018 5:44 pm

Make the kids eligible for the G-League but keep the age restriction for NBA so they can still get a "professional " year under their belt. Will also boost the importance of the G-league significantly. Have a draft for for G-League then make them enter the NBA draft.
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Post#3 » by IWishIWasHarden » Mon Mar 5, 2018 5:45 pm

The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.
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Post#4 » by Da ThRONe » Mon Mar 5, 2018 5:47 pm

IWishIWasHarden wrote:The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.


The rest of us don't generate billions of dollars off of our skills either.
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Post#5 » by DannyAingeIsGod » Mon Mar 5, 2018 5:53 pm

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IWishIWasHarden wrote:The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.


The rest of us don't generate billions of dollars off of our skills either.

How do you expect these guys to go to school, do their homework, and train all day and night while also holding down a job to survive!? That is why we have scholarships. You know what when these guys do eventually make it big the giant tax bills they are paying are paying for your welfare check every month.
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Post#6 » by gordoncatrell » Mon Mar 5, 2018 6:32 pm

NBAs involvement is a charade to put a legit veneer on the stink of Shoe Companies corruption at the prospect level.
this is no different than the fake/corrupt heads who established the "#Metoo" "TimesUP" movement. you cant be alleged as the arson if youre the fireman.
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Post#7 » by Hoopzilla » Mon Mar 5, 2018 6:41 pm

DannyAingeIsGod wrote:
Da ThRONe wrote:
IWishIWasHarden wrote:The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.


The rest of us don't generate billions of dollars off of our skills either.

How do you expect these guys to go to school, do their homework, and train all day and night while also holding down a job to survive!? That is why we have scholarships. You know what when these guys do eventually make it big the giant tax bills they are paying are paying for your welfare check every month.


Since you have time to sit around and post comments on a basketball chatboard at 12:53 pm, it looks like they are paying for your welfare cheque as well. :lol:
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Post#8 » by Billl » Mon Mar 5, 2018 6:45 pm

The whole rule is stupid. Honestly, we let guys graduate high school and work at mcdonalds, but we prevent them from being millionaire ball players? That's nuts.

And there really are no "scandals" involving 1 and done guys. Having an agent help you though a process were millions of dollars are at stake is not a scandal. Any teen making multi-million dollar decisions SHOULD get the help of professionals to maximize that chance.
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Post#9 » by artsncrafts » Mon Mar 5, 2018 6:50 pm

Speaking of snakes, Silver sort of looks like Voldemort.
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Post#10 » by ecuhus1981 » Mon Mar 5, 2018 7:03 pm

A meaningful and LEGAL salary! Wunderkind athletes shouldn't need to hide in order to monetize their earning potential.

Finally, this is long overdue. Popular sports that are 80% POC-driven are almost the only professions in this country that still treat elite young talent like indentured servants (don't @ me).

I have a cursory knowledge in talent pipelines of many different sports and countries. The one model that I believe would be most beneficial to (American) football and basketball is baseball. Allow HS graduates to enter the draft if they choose; but if they elect to attend college, make that a 2-year minimum commitment. Employ a well-funded minor league system to develop skill, with coaches and instructors at that level directly linked to NBA counterparts.

If Silver can pull off this padadigm shift, he's going to lay the foundation for a dramatic increase in the overall product and viewership. Then, we can start working on fatigue (shorten pre-season, no 4-in-5's, DNP-CD starters more often etc.).
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Post#11 » by nedleeds » Mon Mar 5, 2018 7:17 pm

Red_Claw wrote:Make the kids eligible for the G-League but keep the age restriction for NBA so they can still get a "professional " year under their belt. Will also boost the importance of the G-league significantly. Have a draft for for G-League then make them enter the NBA draft.


That will let them take shoe money and pay taxes instead of booster money and have the IRS up their asses as well.
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Post#12 » by nedleeds » Mon Mar 5, 2018 7:25 pm

IWishIWasHarden wrote:The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.


There's nothing forcing them to go to college today. The NBA like many employers has an age requirement. Some employers do and other don't, some unions do as well. They can go overseas, or just take a loan (like 1/2 the free world) and work on their skills on their own or with a trainer. The problem is the kids and their 'handlers' that want all the exposure they get from college but don't want to follow amateurism rules. On the flip side NBA teams want to extra year to evaluate on somebody elses dime so they don't draft another Kwame Brown, Darius Miles, Eddy Curry, Robert Swift, Korleone Young or Leon Smith.
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Post#13 » by Harry Garris » Mon Mar 5, 2018 7:40 pm

nedleeds wrote:
IWishIWasHarden wrote:The rest of us go to college with no money. So can the athletes! Deal with it.


There's nothing forcing them to go to college today. The NBA like many employers has an age requirement. Some employers do and other don't, some unions do as well. They can go overseas, or just take a loan (like 1/2 the free world) and work on their skills on their own or with a trainer. The problem is the kids and their 'handlers' that want all the exposure they get from college but don't want to follow amateurism rules. On the flip side NBA teams want to extra year to evaluate on somebody elses dime so they don't draft another Kwame Brown, Darius Miles, Eddy Curry, Robert Swift, Korleone Young or Leon Smith.


The reason they still go to college is because there's still the idea that overseas players aren't scouted as heavily or as well as NBA players and therefore their draft stock will fall if they play overseas. I don't know if it's agents that are telling players this, but I seriously doubt this is the case any longer in today's NBA. Hell, Mudiay played in China, was terrible in the few minutes he played before he got hurt, and still went top 10 in the draft. To me that says that if agents are telling players they can't get drafted if they go overseas they're lying. Players should feel free to sign with an overseas team and play for pay for a year IMO and it's a better option that going to college if you're a NBA talent.
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Post#14 » by ChokeFasncists » Mon Mar 5, 2018 8:10 pm

OTOH, why not just up the scholarships to stipends?

Just pay the students?
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Post#15 » by MitchB3 » Mon Mar 5, 2018 8:20 pm

Here's an idea --Why not just have the top prospect play in the G-League.(GASP) I know it's a mind-boggling idea.

The NBA has something that would allow top basketball players to play and still find a way to get their degree.
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Post#16 » by macNcheese3 » Mon Mar 5, 2018 9:54 pm

nice to know
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Post#17 » by colaroaster » Tue Mar 6, 2018 5:40 am

modern day slavery
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Post#18 » by TimRobbins » Tue Mar 6, 2018 3:10 pm

colaroaster wrote:modern day slavery


LOL. You have got to be joking.
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Post#19 » by Effigy » Tue Mar 6, 2018 4:51 pm

colaroaster wrote:modern day slavery


Our education system failed you very badly.
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Post#20 » by CoachJReturns » Tue Mar 6, 2018 6:48 pm

Effigy wrote:
colaroaster wrote:modern day slavery


Our education system failed you very badly.

We can say slavery is too strong a term, but kids are still exploited by the NCAA which is an immensely wealthy organization.
And I'm sure we all know that since slavery was abolished, there have been a steady stream of efforts to get free labor from African Americans. The current model is the prison system.

But back to baskeball, I can't wait for the high school kids to come back. I'm a Raps fan and T Mac was an immensely entertaining prospect for us before he bolted to hit his stride in Orlando. The kids make things interesting.
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