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David Stern is stirring the pot. Getting people worked up about age and how old you have to be to play in his league. I can't honestly say I've completely decided where I stand on this issue. But what Stern wants to do in a nut shell is raise the minimum age for the NBA from 19 to 20. I am sure there is some language about being one year removed or two years removed from high school or from receiving your high school diploma. What does this mean for the NBA?
It means that there will be no more KG, Kobe, Lebron, nor a Kevin Duran, Greg Oden, Chris Paul, Allen Iverson (don't forget he was a one and done at G-Town...but how good was he at G-Town) and how can we forget Gerald Green. I threw Gerald Green in there because he's the type of player David Stern wants to protect the NBA from. Don't fool yourself that David is looking out of the kids. David is looking out for the owners. David Stern is a me first, my league type of guy. Sure he'd love to see Lebron coming out of high school and crushing, but Nudi Ebi soaking up guaranteed money on the bench for three years kills. I think this is being talked about. People are pointing to Kobe, Lebron, KG, ect. They aren't pointing towards the counter-point. I read True Hoop , I read the Sports Law Blog, I love Allen Milstein's blog too, but all of them cover the players who are rock-stars. They don't talk about the flops the Kwame Brown's of the world. For every star there are probably three flops., especially when you add in guys who left college after just one year. What will this magical added year show us or give us? It will show us players level of discipline. It will show if they are committed, it will show their basketball IQ. It will force them to attend a full year and a half of college classes, I don't think the second semester of their second year in college will catch up with them until after March Madness. In college guys are able to work on technical aspects of their game, learn the ins and out of playing in the low block, pick and roll, setting screens, moving off the ball, free throws, shooting the jumper and really focusing on being part of a team. I think there are assuredly benefits to playing college sports. If a guy like Lebron has to tear it up in college for two years before he crushes in the NBA I don't see how that hurts him? Granted he could get hurt playing college ball, I get that but their are insurance options for college athletes. Look at football it seems to work there so why not basketball? Sterns rule could be seen as racist, but I'm not sure I buy into that angle. I think its more likely that Stern just doesn't want as many first round duds. Look at this years class entering the NBA Draft. Brook Lopez could be the only non-freshmen in the top five. You might not catch another non-freshmen player till DJ Augustine goes around 10. Michael Beasley is going to be the first pick of the draft this year, he's a freshmen. Beasely's game looks pretty complete right now so what would another year give him? It'd probably let NBA teams know a little more about Beasley's character and work ethic but I mean they already know a lot about him. This rule is adsurecly not looking out for the players, its for the teams. That would be my first two cents on this issue. This rule is not in the players interest.
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