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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 2194991, member: 1958"]
Yea, I agreed with you that the owners wanted it but it's because they don't trust themselves or their management to make intelligent draft selections so they more or less said let's just remove the temptation all together.

Nobody is forcing them to take flyers on high school kids. And it's their franchise's scouts and GM's job to remove as much uncertainty as possible surrounding each prospect's risk by doing their due diligence and identifying talent. It's not the kids fault someone is willing to pay them millions because they think they're good at basketball. If you don't think they belong or are too risky then it's pretty simple - don't draft them.

I agree with much of what you're saying in how it is bad for the league and the kids to have draft picks that have no business being in the NBA. I think where we disagree is I don't think you should punish the kids for the NBA owners and front offices not being able to trust themselves to make good decisions.
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