Abro Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Didn't know where exactly to put this.. This is for a research essay that I'm doing at school, just wanted to hear everyones opinion in the matter I think you guys are pretty knowledgeable, voice your opinions here please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 We had a nice debate about this earlier, it should help you out: http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/topic/22628-new-cba-could-raise-draft-age-limit/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deestillballin Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Nope not at all shouldn't even be an age limit if you ask me. If you're 17, and want to be a high school dropout and be known for your basketball skills by all means, do you. Its your life do what you want with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 There should be no age limit, and if the NBA were brought to court, they would lose their case rather easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Use the MLB rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) There should be no age limit, and if the NBA were brought to court, they would lose their case rather easily.Clarett v. NFL Edited May 17, 2011 by Rainbow Dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 There should be no age limit rule. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the way it was going before a few years ago... Look at the greats that came out High School... Garnett, Kobe, LeBron...just off the top of my head. And, seriously, it's lame for CBB to have the one and done's. You get used to watching a guy like Rose, or Wall, etc. for a year, then boom, he's gone...It really sucks IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Use the link AL provided. I did a paper on this topic 2 years ago for journalism but I think I lost the document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abro Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 too bad you lost it. Haha. it would have been useful for sure. but yeah I have been looking at the link Thanks for the input. If you still want, you can keep posting in here too. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 The NBA product has improved considerably since the age limit was introduced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I'm for 2 years of college ball. There's obviously special cases like LBJ and Dwight but even then. Also, most of those guys would likely get at least an associate's degree from wherever they went to school which would help for life after basketball since not everyone gets 100 Mil contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?QuestionMark? Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 They need to dump this age limit. They're adults (legally) and are responsible for their actions. If they want to risk going undrafted, busting, and being a 34 year old playing in South Korea chasing a final paycheck...that's on them. Fact is there are A LOT of HS players that succeed. And by succeed I mean get paid. Those that go undrafted or are 2nd round burn outs, too bad. You can't punish guys like Dwight Howard and LeBron James because Korleone Young and Taj McDavid were too dumb or got bad advice. The alternatives for players aren't really fair for players that are ready to make the jump. Either A) Go to college, be an indentured servant and risk injury; B) Go to a minor league and get paid at most 14K while playing against inferior talent and risk injury; C) Go overseas where you'll likely sit on the bench since they have a hierarchical system where vets play and young guys dont; or D) Sit out a year and get rusty. You can always go back to college, but you may only get one shot at the NBA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abro Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hey does anyone happen to know how I can find the average PER for NBA players that have come out of college? I can't seem to find a website for that anywhere.. Perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 They need to dump this age limit. They're adults (legally) and are responsible for their actions. If they want to risk going undrafted, busting, and being a 34 year old playing in South Korea chasing a final paycheck...that's on them. Fact is there are A LOT of HS players that succeed. And by succeed I mean get paid. Those that go undrafted or are 2nd round burn outs, too bad. You can't punish guys like Dwight Howard and LeBron James because Korleone Young and Taj McDavid were too dumb or got bad advice. The alternatives for players aren't really fair for players that are ready to make the jump. Either A) Go to college, be an indentured servant and risk injury; B) Go to a minor league and get paid at most 14K while playing against inferior talent and risk injury; C) Go overseas where you'll likely sit on the bench since they have a hierarchical system where vets play and young guys dont; or D) Sit out a year and get rusty. You can always go back to college, but you may only get one shot at the NBA.Indentured servant? :lol: I'd love to go to any college of my choice free of charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?QuestionMark? Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Indentured servant? :lol: I'd love to go to any college of my choice free of charge. What do you call not getting paid for performing a job someone else is willing to pay you and the only reason you can't get paid is age despite being an adult? A free education is great, if you want it. But for these guys who are one and done they might as well get paid in skittles. it's meaningless. They're just there because they feel forced to be there since the other options probably feel worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Clarett v. NFL Completely different circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Hey does anyone happen to know how I can find the average PER for NBA players that have come out of college? I can't seem to find a website for that anywhere.. Perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places. I don't know. You may have to just take the average PER of an NBA player and compare that to the average PER of high school players. That should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Drop it. The main reason, IMO, it was implemented was to change the 'thug' image of the NBA, much like the dress code, respect for the game rule, etc... With the majority of the league being black, having immature 18 year olds looking past education and personal growth for the big bucks just adds to the unfair stereotype the league has. But, bottom line is that these guys are adults, and should be able to make the HS to NBA jump if they want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 So you can join the army at 18 but you can't play professional basketball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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