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Reputation:75
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Since:May 21, 2008
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I wonder if BJ is getting good guidance from the insiders. Just like an agent and lawyer, the "advisors" have only one thing in mind: "Pay Day" for them. So, in skipping out on the college experience to make the quick buck, Jennings could be jeopardizing serious cash from endorsements, exposure, etc. He needs to develop his game right now against DI talent and coaches, not play with 30 year old Euros. He needs to get on ESPN top 10 highlights, CBS national games, etc.
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Reputation:78
Level:Pro
Since:Sep 10, 2006
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He may cost himself a bit of money in endorsements (see durant's shoe deal- 60-70 million I think), but tehre is nothing in the 'college experience' that will prepare him for the nba that'll be better than what he'll experience in europe. seriously- if you want to be an NBA baller- playing against grown men who'll bust his ass will get him better than playing scrawny 6-6" forwards in the PAC-10.
And scouts are smart- they'll see how his game does/does not fit in with europe and then take that into consideration when thinking how his game will work in the nba, which is ot the same as europe. They won't just say 'he didn't do so well in europe so he won't do well in the nba.'
most importantly, he'll get PAID. And he'll be able to work on his game 24/7.
the one year out of college rule is so so so stupid and anti-american.
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Since:Sep 10, 2006
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there's nothing in the college experience that'll help him be an NBA player- at least nothing that can match the rewards of europe ball- playing against grown men who'll bust his ass, knock him down, teach hiim the fundamentals, instead of skinny 6'6" power forwards in the pac-10 who can't shoot.
Most importantly- he'll get PAID.
the nba rules are stupid and unamerican.
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Reputation:75
Level:Pro
Since:May 21, 2008
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He will develop more under Lute and Dunlap than Euro coaches who have no incentive to help him get better. Playing at Zona, he will be a rock star, and work on his game just as much, with a break of fluff classes in the middle. He needs the college experience, the ladies, the media attention, the fun of the Big Dance, and solid development. 365 days is not a long time - his pay day will come, and it will be substantially bigger after Arizona.
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Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Aug 21, 2006
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I hope Jennings goes to Europe and succeeds. The NBA and NCAA have to come together and create a system that resembles the current model employed by MLB. Make a player eligible to be drafted out of high school, if that player signs with a college team he's undraftable for a set amount of years (three years). This way the NBA can draft high school players and put them into the NBDL. Those players who's sole intention is to get paid and start their salary clock ASAP will bypass college. Both games will be better if this happens.
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Reputation:75
Level:Pro
Since:May 21, 2008
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I somewhat agree that the one and done's actually hurt the college game and team play. It becomes about individual stats, not team winning or an NCAA championship.
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Reputation:93
Level:All-Star
Since:Feb 20, 2008
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Jennings should go to Arizona because if he chooses to go overseas he is just a prime example of why the NBA instituted the age requirement rule in the first place. It had nothing to do with marketability of players because O.J. Mayo would be even MORE marketable had he not attended college. The reason the NBA implemented the rule was to avoid young, immature, greedy gold-digging teenagers from getting money they weren't ready to handle and to expose their weaknesses and showcase exactly why they weren't ready for the NBA.
If Jennings goes overseas and plays a completely contrasting style of game to his own he’d be a fool and would obviously prove that basketball is overshadowed by money. That is exactly what the NBA doesn't want. The reason the NBA has lost so many fans over the past decade is because players who were drafted out of high school make an easy million or 6 figure salaries then decide to play "just hard enough" to keep the steady yet undeserving paychecks coming. That is the reason for the lack of defense in the NBA and no-name wasted talent sitting at the end of the bench on every team who do nothing but show up to practice and travel with the team and still bring in a better salary than 90% of the rest of the country.
Is it too much to ask a PG from a top rated PG (who isn't even better than last year's top rated PG - Derrick Rose - or the top rated PG from the year before that - Jarvaris Crittenden - anyone know what happened to him? Exactly, he plays sparingly for Memphis - the third worst team in the NBA) to attend college for one year? If he can't even make a decent SAT score to get into the university his mind is obviously in the wrong place anyway and would cause him to plummet anywhere he goes. He needs to go to Arizona, the NBA will come and he'll get his money. Right now it seems like money makes the top of his priority list and that is exactly what disgraces the NBA and sports as a whole. Grow up kid and wait for your time to arrive. You're only proving how immature and vulnerable you are by going back and forth between these types of decisions and that, more than anything, will hurt your potential and your future as an | |
