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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1801454, member: 1969"] When you are a first rounder drafted and sponsored by an NBA team, practice with the NBA team quite often all season, play some minutes in the regular season + preseason + summer league, work with the NBA assistant coaches and trainers, and play some games in the D-League for Reps, IMO it is as good as the NCAA for development (in general -- not all situations). It has taken time for the NBA to start to use the D-League effectively (In spurts) But if you are not the property of an NBA team... and only have access to D-League facilities, coaches, and live the full year life of a minor league player, get paid relatively little, and don't get the glory of an NCAA player... well as an undrafted first year player the choice for the NCAA is much easier. [/QUOTE]