The NBA and Players Association agree on a 6 year collective bargaining agreement that includes an age limit of at least 19 years old until you can declare for the draft.
It's about **** time..
I wish it'd actually been 20, but I'll take it. At least now most kids will do at least one year of college.
Only thing is now some kids are just gonna hold themselves back for one year so they can have an extra year of development/growth in like middle school and high school and be ranked higher on hoopscoop and all those other rankings.
I'm guessing all this will be effective in the 2006 draft.
I know this is supposed to be in the Sports forum... but what the hell is the point..
Wilfred Benitez became the Junior Welterweight champion at 17.
which has nothing to do with Basketball
I agree with Dwayne. and I agree with Travis. But hell I don't care because the Hawks got Josh Smith!!! Really, kids need some time to mature before going into the league, I kinda like the choice.
Some people that came straight out of high school didn't need to mature at all. Example- Lebron James, Amare Stoudamire, KG. I think this extra year of college is necessary because it will help those who do need to mature and MAINLY separate the real talent from those who are not ready. Just think if rashard lewis, stephen jackson, or jermain o'neal had went to college. They would of gained the necessary experience and after around 2 years been ready for the league. And people like Lebron and Amare would of did like Carmelo did: Dominate college for a year and be a top 5 pick. I been wantin a 19 year old age limit for a while. This will eliminate all the young and dumb cats going straight from H.S. Those who chose to go to prep school will obviously be looked down on when they are eligible for the draft because of their choice, and those who go to college will either prove their talent or show they need more time. It's good for the young folk. They need an education.
Wilfred Benitez became the Junior Welterweight champion at 17.
which has nothing to do with Basketball
I agree with Dwayne. and I agree with Travis. But hell I don't care because the Hawks got Josh Smith!!! Really, kids need some time to mature before going into the league, I kinda like the choice.
the Hawks suck... Josh Smith will NEVER grow in Atlanta... any time an expansion team w/ no big players, and has to center around a rookie finishes better than your team, and beats your team not once, not twice, but THREE times in a season... the team will never grow...
The Hawks don't suck...they're just not good lol. I do believe that Josh Smith will grow as more veterans come around. Hell Dominique Wilkins works for them. Also, you have to be patient with them. Alot of big time players turned Free Agents aren't willing to play for them. But, hopefully we'll pull the right strings and get a good player to build our team around. We already let several go in the past 3 years....Damn you Billy Knight!!
makin the age limit 19 is not gonna change things at all. the only people that benefit from this are prep schools. most of the kids that are gonna come straight outta high school arent gonna go to college and expose the flaws in their game, they are gonna go to a prep school i.e. Oak Hill Acadamy or Montrose Christian, where they can get one extra year and then go pro. what the league shoulda done was what major league baseball does. you can go pro outta high school, but if you decide to go to college you aint eligible for the draft til you're 21.
makin the age limit 19 is not gonna change things at all. the only people that benefit from this are prep schools. most of the kids that are gonna come straight outta high school arent gonna go to college and expose the flaws in their game, they are gonna go to a prep school i.e. Oak Hill Acadamy or Montrose Christian, where they can get one extra year and then go pro. what the league shoulda done was what major league baseball does. you can go pro outta high school, but if you decide to go to college you aint eligible for the draft til you're 21.
Yeah i pointed about that when I first made the thread. The thing is tho, it will mean something for quite a bit of people even tho what you said was true. Because if a dude is ranked #1 in his class and he can't go to the draft, and he's got the SAT/ACT for college. I don't see the guy not going to college to get that exposure. Exposure is huge. Just look at Melo. He went from around a #15 pick to a #3 pick and his own team. Not to mention the difference in money between a #15 and #3 pick is huge. And the fact that by getting exposure from college you would be putting yourself out there to get more money from shoe sales/jersey sales etc. for when you get into the league.
The number one thing to all these kids coming out of high school is money. The 2nd thing is exposure. And if they can't get the money, they're gonna go to college, if possible.
Cuz lord knows a GOOD number of those people who leave straight from high school only leave because they didn't make the NCAA requirements.
