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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 2072350, member: 297"]
I agree with you on a lot of stuff, but this isn't one of them.

The odds are always stacked against a player making it in the NBA. Even more stacked against being one of the best in the NBA. Being "ready" has very little to do with it. There are significantly more NBA caliber players than there are in the NBA that we never see because the circumstances don't break their way.

Getting drafted in the first round is the best way to get the circumstances and time needed to convince the NBA that a player is just a cut above all the other guys good enough to be there. Take it if it's there.

And let's stop with this fallacy that the NBA doesn't care about player development. They absolutely do, and take pride in it, and the existence and evolution of the D-League proves it. There are 5 ways teams can get better - the coaching improves, they draft better talent, they trade for better talent, they sign better talent in free agency, and their current talent improves. Teams aren't abandoning 20% of the path to competitiveness. They're just not.
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