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[QUOTE="MonsterGame, post: 1367946, member: 1256"]
Just read this and I'd have to disagree on these grounds:

Lebron James had rough spots in his game when he went to the NBA.
Kobe Bryant had rough spots in his game when he went to the NBA.
Dwight Howard had rough spots in his game when he went to the NBA.
James Hardin had rough spots in his game when he went to the NBA.
(I could go on all day with this list.  BTW, the opposite is true as well.  Kwame Brown, Andray Blatche, and the Fab-ulous one, etc)

Staying, or even playing, in college makes zero difference on whether one succeeds or not in the NBA.  (I truly believe that.)  One either has what it takes, both physically and mentally, to make it in the NBA or not.  (Granted, some players who do make it, take time and bouncing around from D-league, Europe, etc. before they do.  Plenty of examples of this as well.)

Hence, maximizing one's NBA dollars is impossible at best to argue one way or the other.  If you think you know the answer to this, you must be the Almighty.

However, if one was a good student, and wouldn't have had a problem graduating and turning a graduate education into more dollars than one would get without the degree, well, there is a point to be made there.  (There are some big IFs in there as well)  Trying to get a 1st round draft pick to understand that point and understand their NBA career may end up being very short, is another near impossibility.  I'm certain JB would pay good money to the person who is able to convince any of SU's potential 1st round draft pick players of the wisdom in this.
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