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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 259276, member: 34"] NBA commissioner David Stern isn't a fan of his league's draft rule. But the players association has to agree on it, and it hasn't been on board. The best-case scenario would be to go back to the original deal, which allows players to go to the NBA from high school or have a two-year minimum agreement of staying in college -- similar to baseball -- before being allowed to enter the draft. That would skim off some -- but not all -- of the top players from attending college. [URL='http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/56353/anthony-davis'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Anthony Davis[/COLOR][/U][/URL] may have gone straight to the NBA, but [URL='http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/56352/michael-kidd-gilchrist'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/COLOR][/U][/URL] may not have done the same. John Wall may have left. But Eric Bledsoe most likely would not. The onus is on the NBAPA to make a concession and cut a deal with the league if this rule is going to change. But once again, this isn't the NCAA's rule. The one-and-done rule is the NBA's rule. And coaches such as Kentucky's John Calipari and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski are simply taking advantage. Duke has had "one-and-done" point guards in consecutive seasons in Kyrie Irving and [URL='http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/56112/austin-rivers'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Austin Rivers[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. And every coach in the country would have taken Davis for one season if they had the choice. [URL='http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/7775641/pitt-syracuse-acc-moves-nba-draft-rule-john-calipari']Read more[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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