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Message: [QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 2557921, member: 994"] Really sad to see the NBA sow its reach further into skimming the young talent pool of kid players and to prepare them for 3-games-a-week shootaround-ball played at reduced pace and effort and designed to maximize advertising and profit. They have the unique distinction of being the only premier tier-1 sports league to put out a sub-standard product (compared to next level amateurs / lower league). Stern is credited with doing a lot of positives for the NBA. But he is also credited with this negative... and it's a BIG negative. It's also sad that the NBA is reaching further to skim the best young talent as early as possible to train them to early on how to play 3-game-a-week pro shootaround ball. This was not how basketball was meant to be played and it's a sad state of affairs when the premier tier 1 professional league aspires to continue with a sub-standard poor product because they can make more money that way. I would not be against the NBA doing any of the above if the on-court product was truly top tier. Hell, professional league soccer has been doing this for decades and scarfing up prodigies and putting them into development academies at very young ages with the sole purpose of developing them for tier 1 professional ball. But top tier professional soccer is not focused on how many games they can cram into a season schedule with the caveat that their tier 1 world class talent play at 60% effort consistently to weather the frequency of the schedule. It's a sad state of affairs. Now I know there are a lot of people that do not feel the NBA quality of product is not quite that bad. That said, I am a basketball fan and can't stomach the NBA. And there's a lot of folks just like me. That's just plain wrong. [/QUOTE]

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