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[QUOTE="MonsterGame, post: 1368111, member: 1256"]
Kwame was the biggest NBA bust there has ever been.  And college made Kwame all that money.  How? By never seeing Kwame play one minute of college basketball.  If he had, he'd have made less than $63,992,853.

Tell me you believe that MLB needs college baseball to survive.  Can't it be done with just the minor leagues?  Of course it can.  Don't think for a second that the same couldn't be true for the NBA.  I'll say it again.  Staying in college, or even attending college, means next to nothing as to maximizing one's NBA dollars.

I think it's pretty rare that it actually helps a player maximize their NBA dollars to stay in college.  One example might be, Dwanye Wade.  He stayed 3 years at Marquette and that last year really helped him.  Not so much his game.  He was already pretty good, although he did get a bit better during his Marquette years.  It was more the tourney success Marquette had in his 3rd year and the marketing that Wade got during that year improved his draft stock.  Although, even if Wade hadn't stayed his 3rd year, he still would have turned out to be a great NBA player, even though he would have been drafted lower.  Why, because of who Wade is physically and mentally.  He would stick.

Any doubt that LeBron has gotten better since he was a rookie?  Every single NBA analyst will say yes to that.  Some guys don't get any better.  And some guys stop trying to get better.

Your rebuttal was weak.
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