PG RJ Hampton has bypassed colleges and decided to take his talent overseas to play professionally in Australia.
Good, Would rather that colleges not be one year minor leagues. Let players that want to embrace the college experience go to college. Those that want to just get in the NBA, sign with the NBA or a minor league.PG RJ Hampton has bypassed colleges and decided to take his talent overseas to play professionally in Australia.
Good, Would rather that colleges not be one year minor leagues. Let players that want to embrace the college experience go to college. Those that want to just get in the NBA, sign with the NBA or a minor league.
One year in college when you know you are just "passing through" and are focused 100% on basketball is pretty worthless in later life. The best benefit you can say about it is the kid is at least a year older (and hopefully wiser) when he leaves for whatever his future holds. The academic part for a "one and done" is, for the great majority, just a charade.Should be like baseball and football but with the choice to enter the draft out of HS. NBA gets a better look than they do with a 1 and done and only the really premiere talents enter the draft out of HS like Shawn Kemp and Kevin Garnett way back when. As far as college, well, college basketball benefits , the kids benefit as players since they get to develop more physically and mentally going into the league and the ones that aren't making it as pro basketball players have some college education or at least connections they leave college with in order to have a better life if basketball won't be in the cards as their profession .
I couldn't agree more, that's why I'd like the one and done gone .One year in college when you know you are just "passing through" and are focused 100% on basketball is pretty worthless in later life. The best benefit you can say about it is the kid is at least a year older (and hopefully wiser) when he leaves for whatever his future holds. The academic part for a "one and done" is, for the great majority, just a charade.