Perfectly said. For whatever reason it's been decided that one-and-done status is the only acceptable path for allegedly elite ballers. So kids beat up on kids in HS and the minute they face any adversity in college they bounce for the draft (often landing in the g-league). Can't even blame it on money because NIL ensures these guys will live very comfortably on campus in college. There are more incentives to stay in college now than ever before. But then again if you need to pay your handlers who got you to that point.....maybe that's what it is about. Getting rushed so the white men who got you this far can get paid.
Precisely. I’ve made my son walk onto every single program he’s played for including college. This way if he really wants it, he’s gotta earn it and nobody can take that away from him and he owes nobody but himself.
The shoe companies are the worst thing to happen to American hoops. They have these kids and their families reclassified multiple times all so they can get the opportunity to go to college for free and the hopes of getting one of the most coveted jobs in the world.
These Kids miss mostly all of their high school years, events like the prom and parties all so they can have a shot to play three years at best in the nba and knock up some troll who will make sure their life is a living hell for years to come. All while the guys who invested in them from 6th grade reap the rewards.
Then we get to sit back and watch them do foolishness and wonder why they spend and behave recklessly not realizing they never had that chance since it was all business from youth. Tearing their bodies apart before 25 becuase they never had a summer to chill. It’s insane that there are more billionaires in the country than there are NBA players and the players work for the billionaires yet people still push their kids to go pro.
