Should the NBA re-allow high school players to enter the NBA draft?
In today's basketball world, it is a common sight to see an 18 year old man become a multi-millionaire simply because he is athletic and can put an orange ball into a basket. When the NBA started to allow high school seniors to enter the draft, a new wave of young players came sweeping in. When the high school phenomena proved to be too much, the NBA then issued a rule where players would have to go through one year of college before they could enter the draft. Today, these players are simply known as one-and-done athletes. But does it really hurt high school players by entering the draft at such a young age? Is the NBA costing players money by forcing them to go through a year of college? i would like to find out.
What I Learned
i learned that out of the 42 players who entered the NBA from 1995-2005 (the only period where it was legal for high school players to enter the draft), 15 ending up being NBA all-stars. Out of the 42 athletes, 4 remained undrafted, falling into sad story of people wondering what could of been had they went to college. Over the years there has been a trend that I could see. When they started allowing these high school players to enter the draft the results were great. Out of the first 5 people allowed to enter, 4 ended up being all stars and 2 were MVP's. However, other high school players started to want some of the glory, and the field began to dwindle. The final high school draft class of 2005 included 8 high school players, none of whom have become franchise players or all-stars, and only 2 (Monta Ellis and C.J Miles) have become starters for their team. I concluded that the high school rule was a smart rule to preserving the game. Players need to fine tune their game in college rather than try to do it in the NBA.
Link
http://ssbasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1132&CID=356192
How i found the site:
The majority of the sites I went to for this information were just opinion based blogs that didn't really give me solid information. I went to the rivals web site because they are a site based on prep athletes, and had facts to back it up. I stumbled upon the list of high school athletes who entered the NBA, and it gave me the players stats in their NBA career. It was up to me to try to somehow gather up these stats and try to make sense of them.
Comments
All good things must come to
All good things must come to an end, and this is no exception for professional athletes. Sooner or later, players like Lebron James are going to be too old and worn out for the NBA, without any further education past highschool. They may have the money to live off for the rest of their lives, but there have also been many professional athletes who are now broke, because they weren't educationally savvy, and swindled their money away. Go to college before you make it in the pro's Alex...
nice job
I think this is an interesting topic that I have never really pondered before and I'm glad you brought it to light. Personally, if I were a star basketball player just leaving high school, I would want to go to college for at least a year to get some education in case basketball didn't work out and to improve my game.
says Andrew Albano, the top
says Andrew Albano, the top highschool basketball prospect
Dear Andrew: I agree with
Dear Andrew:
I agree with you; if i were a star basketball player i would want to get a college education as well. I feel like you cannot place your whole future on something where if you get one injury, your whole career is finished with.
kobe
dear alex,
i think your right they should let high school kids get a chance to the A!. lebvron james, kobe, many basketball players joi9n n.b.a at a young age and still in high school.
one sentence that stood out for me was n today's basketball world, it is a common sight to see an 18 year old man become a multi-millionaire simply because he is athletic and can put an orange ball into a basket. because their are many talented 18 yrs old that can do impossible things. all it take is confidence and commitment.
another sentence that stood out for me is Players need to fine tune their game in college rather than try to do it in the NBA. because when you come from college you understand the basics of basketball.
i agree with you because ive seened alot of teenagers that made it too the n.b.a. and it freaked me out cause i never knew he can do it.. that were i was wrong.
thank you for explaining should the n.b.a let more high school teenagers a chance too the n.b.a
NBA
I agree that the NBA should allow high school players join the nba draft. i agree with this because theres alot of talented highschool players that dont make it to college and should play in the nba.
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I agree that the NBA should allow high school players join the nba draft. i agree with this because theres alot of talented highschool players that dont make it to college and should play in the nba.
Dear Alex, I am impressed
Dear Alex,
I am impressed with your post “Should the NBA re-allow high school players to enter the NBA draft?” because high schoolers should be given the opportunity to be in the NBA too. They have a talent that is very common “Basketball” but if they get chosen for nba then their talent is extraordinary.
one sentence that stood out for me was “it is a common sight to see an 18 year old man become a multi-millionaire simply because he is athletic and can put an orange ball into a basket”. I think this is true because at the time that it was allowed, every 18 year old wanted to make it in.
Another sentence that I liked was: "But does it really hurt high school players by entering the draft at such a young age?" This stood out for me because I think that if high school student get drafted into the NBA and they get dropped then they wouldn't have any other career or talent to look forward to.
I do absolutely agree with you that ”I concluded that the high school rule was a smart rule to preserving the game.” One reason I say this is that the game will become boring if it is filled with young players striving to become the best, it would be too many of them. Another reason I agree with you is that it would become like streetball and NBA would lose its value because kids with skills would be joining it like nothing. Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because I would really like to know if they will ever bring back the rule to allow high schoolers to be accepted in the NBA.