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[QUOTE="orangehomer, post: 2900205, member: 151"]
i think that a point that some people miss on is that basketball is the most competitive team sport on the planet.  there are something like 350 D1 college teams and there are 30 or so nba teams, not too mention the amount of foreign players that are good.  football for instance, there are something like 120 college teams and 32 pro teams, but the vast majority of the world doesn't play football.  there is a reason that nba players make so much money, it is literally the hardest team sport to be good in.

having said that, the point i want to make is about the competitiveness of the players.  from a young age, basketball players challenge themselves by trying to play up, and by that i mean they are constantly trying to prove themselves by playing against older players.  when i was in 8th grade i wanted to be on JV.  when i was in tenth grade i wanted to be on varsity.  the unfortunate truth for me was that i wasn't good enough and i had to accept that.  these players we are talking about, whether it be tyus or malachi or ennis or lydon or etc...have never had to accept that they weren't good enough, until it got to the nba, because they were good enough.  so my whole thing with guys leaving early for the nba is that i cant blame them because that is what they were taught to do, always play up, always challenge the guy ahead of you, always try for the next level.
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