College Basketball Ruining The NBA?

[CycloneBBFan]

Charles Barkley's take on college basketball ruining the NBA. With all the college "one and done" players as well JUCO players like Malou opting for the draft it makes me wonder if the NBA isn't ruining college basketball as well.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba...ever-seen-it’/ar-BBsVMKC?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

 

[RustShack]

They should either get rid of the one and done rule, or extend it. Maybe not three years like football, but I think two would help college basketball. Or just getting rid of it so those one and dones just to straight to the NBA.

 

[jkclone]

I'd say it is the NBA's own fault.

 

[WastedTalent]

They should either get rid of the one and done rule, or extend it. Maybe not three years like football, but I think two would help college basketball. Or just getting rid of it so those one and dones just to straight to the NBA.

Agree. NFL does it for player safety, but the NBA is doing it strictly as an evaluation process.

 

[CycloneErik]

Sounds legit. College basketball is forcing them to pick these players, sign these players, pay them and give them time on the court.
Good call, Chuck.

 

[acgclone]

It seems like a better way to sum up his point is that "the NBA is ruining the NBA by drafting so many college kids after just one year of college basketball"..

 

[19clone91]

If it was me I would require at least 3 years if not all four. But I realize that'll never be the case again. I miss the days where NBA legends also had long standing College careers

 

[CycloneBBFan]

The NBA draft and the explosion in the college "transfer market" has completely changed the dynamics of building a winning team.

 

[Tedcyclone]

My opinion is that NFL and NBA are in the same boat. Style of play has changed at the college level and has begun carrying over into the professional leagues. Its not a ruining of the sport its a change in how the game is played and it isn't appealing to some.

Where the rules do hurt is teams losing players to FA or Trade before they start to become good players. By year 4 or 5 the team that drafted the young guy no longer has said young players.

 

[jim4]

I think Charles does a good job of saying that it's the NBAs fault for drafting young kids who,while loaded with potential, don't know how to play the game at a high enough skill level due to their youth. He wasn't saying it was because of cbb. I'd be cool with trying out a 2 year rule.

 

[MTCyclone43]

I believe the Association needs to adopt the MLB model. If a player enrolls in college then they are not eligible to be drafted until their junior campaign; however, do not restrict them from signing out of high school.

 

[Dopey]

I believe the Association needs to adopt the MLB model. If a player enrolls in college then they are not eligible to be drafted until their junior campaign; however, do not restrict them from signing out of high school.

+1

NFL too. 18 year olds can do everything else. Let them get smashed by Luke Kiechley as well.

 

[Skyh13]

I believe the Association needs to adopt the MLB model. If a player enrolls in college then they are not eligible to be drafted until their junior campaign; however, do not restrict them from signing out of high school.

I think this is a fair way to do it. If a kid is good enough that a professional team wants to pay them a bunch of money to play, then the kid should be allowed to take that opportunity without wasting years of earning potential not getting paid just so a billion-dollar industry can get a free look at them first.

At the same time, if somebody does in fact want to go to college either for the college or (more likely) to improve themselves in the hopes of making it to the NBA, then a 2 or 3 year rule would help the college game in general. I think 2 years would be a good compromise, compared to a sport like baseball in which guys often spend a lot of time in the minor leagues during their college-aged years anyways.

 

[Cydkar]

As mentioned already, these players don't draft themselves.

 

[3GenClone]

+1

NFL too. 18 year olds can do everything else. Let them get smashed by Luke Kiechley as well.

Can you imagine what the NFL combine and draft day would look like? They would need to go back to 20 rounds of picks, and just imagine how many litigations would be involved by the NFLPA when vets lose their roster spot to a 19 year old.

 

[isutrevman]

Every single thing Barkley said in that article is stupid. He says " struggling teams shouldn't have to take a 5 year project early in the draft". Then don't. There is no way the NBA is watered down. The talent across the league is better than its ever been.

 

[Dingus]

Charles Barkley's take on college basketball ruining the NBA. With all the college "one and done" players as well JUCO players like Malou opting for the draft it makes me wonder if the NBA isn't ruining college basketball as well.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba...ever-seen-it’/ar-BBsVMKC?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

That's not what he said at all. He's faulting the NBA draft rules and climate, not CBB.

His quotes imply he'd support drafting college upper classmen and beyond, or in other words how it was before 1995.

Although if the NBA is watered down, it's because of too many teams/players, not who is being drafted.

 

[JHUNSY]

Every single thing Barkley said in that article is stupid. He says " struggling teams shouldn't have to take a 5 year project early in the draft". Then don't. There is no way the NBA is watered down. The talent across the league is better than its ever been.

This. There's a greater disparity between NCAAM and the NBA than there is with any other pairing of collegiate and professional sports. The competition and athleticism in the NBA is on a whole different level. Charles is just another retired athlete stuck with the perception of his time being the golden years.

The NBA is more entertaining now than it has been for a long time. Because of this and the dream, kids will always want that shot. Forcing them to stay longer, especially when they're not there for the education, benefits neither the student nor the institution.

 

[Dingus]

Every single thing Barkley said in that article is stupid. He says " struggling teams shouldn't have to take a 5 year project early in the draft". Then don't. There is no way the NBA is watered down. The talent across the league is better than its ever been.

Barkley seems to be confusing points with the watered down comment and teams having to draft guys who aren't ready, but his point RE drafting guys who aren't ready is valid.

Teams have to draft the best player available, but it's unfortunate those guys sometimes aren't ready for a few years. If players weren't getting drafted out of HS or 1 year of college, the bad teams would have a much quicker path to relevancy. But as it is now, drafting 2nd tier talent would guarantee those teams never got better.

 

[isucy86]

I am not an NBA watcher until maybe the finals. If the NBA were serious about about player development, it would make the following changes:

1) The NBDL would be a true development team for drafted HS and college players. NBA teams should be able to draft any HS player during a special 2-3 round draft in March and the kid can then choose between the NBA or college. Similar to baseball, if a team is serious about a kid, they will offer a decent signing bonus.

2) If a kid selects college, then he would need to stay 2 years.

3) If a kid selects the NBA out of HS and doesn't make an NBA team within 2 years, he should be able to accept a scholarship and play college hoops.