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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1770002, member: 837"] I have no dog in this fight but this line of thinking always cracks me up. For one thing, the idea that most of these guys aren't working pretty close to full time on hoops strikes me as farcical. Yes, I realize they have other responsibilities but 3-4 (or even 5) classes a week left me with plenty of time to become an absolute master at Madden football. Secondly, giving a young kid a bunch of cash and then removing all other responsibilities and supervision isn't always the world's greatest cattle prod to get that kid to work hard. And lastly, everyone says this but very few people point out that the NBA isn't real patient. Yes, you get to work on your game all day but if you enter the league and you're not ready to contribute -- you better figure it out really quickly or else you are bumping around on a d-league roster for a year or two and then bouncing around europe. None of this is to say that kids shouldn't jump at the $$ if that's what they want to do. I get it -- I don't always think it is actually the best path and often believe it's a bit short-sighted -- but I'm fine with it. I just don't think 'playing basketball full time' is nearly the advantage or incentive to leave that many people believe. I also happen to believe Grant improved tremendously from his frosh to soph season -- losing confidence in your jumper is mental and he would have gotten over that as a junior. Even so he was a really impressive player in a really tough league and improved all his rate stats while more than doubling his minutes. I don't watch the NBA but I'd be more inclined to believe that he continued to develop his basketball skill to closer match up with his phenomenal athleticism than he simply took off b/c basketball was his full time job. [/QUOTE]

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