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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 1016195, member: 87"]
This is the logic that drives me batty. My thinking is this: if CJ was good enough to be an NBA player then he would have shown it this year. If one extra year of college ball is enough to lower your draft stock substantialy, then you probably aren't an NBA caliber talent. I mean if you lowered your draft stock in that extra year, what would you have done in the NBA during that year? You woul be just one year closer to being unemployed. If you get drafted you likely aren't going to play and you will be out of the league in 2 years or so.
 
So it all gets down to what the goals are. Is the goal just the thrill of hearing your name called at the draft and devil may care if I fail in the NBA or is the goal to have a career in the NBA? You get a year maybe two to prove yourself in that league, then you go on the trash pile and younger players are brought in to replace you. Forget playing skills, what about maturity and the understanding of work ethic, leadership, team concept, etc that people learn in college? Most of us here went to college, don't tell me you learned how to give a presentation to the board of directors of your company in college. You learned how to be prepared, what it took to tly have your bases covered, how to handle defeat, success, struggle, etc. Maybe a guy with some skills is good enough to get drafted but hasn't matured enough yet to keep himself in the league or to do the necessary things to improve enough to get more minutes, etc.
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