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[QUOTE="orangetrojan, post: 2096501, member: 1454"]
I think the NBA really hasn't done anyone any favors on this one. If they made it a requirement for kids to be at least 2 years out of high school it would give NBA teams more film to accurately assess a draft pick and have a better understanding of which kids have star potential and/or the ability to contribute as a role player. They wouldn't need to waste time and money with a d-league if they just created policies that helped make college basketball relevant outside the tournament again.

Instead they have a situation where maybe 1/3 of the entire draft ends up being contributors. I understand there are some kids with undeniable talent (lebron, Kobe) who should just go straight to the NBA, but the majority have no business puttingt heir name in the draft after 1 year of college - I can think of a few Syracuse players that fall into this category. But for some reason the NBA is more than happy to willingly roll the dice on a kid they saw play in the tournament for a few games.

As far as the d-league is concerned, that's a joke. If you get relegated to the d-league just cut your losses and go play in Italy/Greece/Australia and make $300k a year living in a beautiful country instead of living just above the poverty line riding greyhound buses to your games.
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