Rich kids run basketball now

[IIVI]

The official, full FIBA team after all the cuts:


This is highly regarded as the most stacked FIBA U17 of all-time. Last season they nearly beat Canada by 100, now this team is more experienced.

 

[aceboon]

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

a lot of off brand waffled colored hoopers that shoot a lot of 3s

 

[reserved_one]

It’s crazy….the most heartfelt thing was seeing a kid from the trenches get drafted and immediately buy his mama a house or a nice car that she been dreaming of.


The rich kids like “my mama already got a house and cars..get your money up”

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

That's not new either. Chris Webber went to Country day, a suburban basketball recruiter. There were football players in my HS in 98-01 who would get recruited to Catholic Central and shyt...maybe that's more frequent I guess but it is an old school thing.

Damn that explains it.

At my H.S., it was legit "no pass, no play." Team was usually decent when I was there. Good enough to get to the playoffs but not good enough to get all the way to state or anything like that (until recently).

We had a breh that actually ended up in the league and was on an NBA championship squad as a backup. Breh left our school and went to another one in a nearby district. Our academics were above average but the big thing is that the teachers and principal had high expectations for athletes.

Dude couldn't keep up academically and everyone knew he'd end up missing lots of games. At the other school....they figured out how to keep him eligible. Not sure if he got special treatment or if the other school was just "easier."

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Isiah Thomas back in the 70s too.

Hoop Dreams kind of talks about this.

Both William Gates and Arthur Agee got partial scholarships to the private school that Isiah had went to. There was a scout in the playground that discovered Agee.

Gates was doing well in basketball, and a benefactor covered all his tuition costs. Agee was struggling in basketball and hadn’t grown yet, and got kicked out of school for not paying tuition. No benefactor to help him.

That was a huge part of the movie.

William matured faster physically and was ready to start as a freshman. A breh that's 5'10", 6'0" at best with the ability to start for a storied program like that.....you gotta be a baller.

What's crazy is I almost think Arthur would have been better off at St. Joe's while William would have been better at a hood school.

At the hood school.....William would have avoided the business side of athletics a bit longer and kept his passion for the game. Arthur with more structure, could have hit his stride earlier than he did. William was more mature/disciplined and didn't need the rigid structure as much whereas Arthur might have been better off getting that earlier. Marshall coach was really good though, so there's that.

 

[Big Boss]

folks are conflating issues. NBA players from humble beginnings are still the majority of NBA players but these guys didnt go to public school once they got on radar as a hoops phenom. Tatum for instance transferred to one of the best private schools in St. Louis as a 7th grader.

Facts That’s where most of the best players in high school do now

 

[Big Boss]

i think France will win the 2028 Olympics

the talent they have coming out is crazy

 

[dtownreppin214]

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Facts That’s where most of the best players in high school do now

Even then Jayson Tatum is a bad example because his dad played D1 basketball and was a pro overseas. And his Godfather played 13 years in the NBA.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

This isn't what's happening in Europe. He's right in that it's cheap - but is missing out a critical part.

Professional Development.

Those European kids are playing for professional clubs in their academies from young, just like soccer players are.

What we're seeing is capitalism in the US (rich peoples kids getting access to high level development from a young age) versus socialism (talented kids getting access to professional development from a young age)

 

[JesusFOREVER]

They price us out of every sport except the two most dangerous, football and boxing, where they will heavily invest in us to compete and excel in

 

[Piff Perkins]

Bronny being drafted yesterday felt like the culmination of years of mediocrity to get to this point. All the money and training in the world to be a sub par college athlete who never got the time to work on his game because that was never the point. The point is getting to the NBA by any means as fast as possible and letting things sort out from there.

I don't think anything is gonna change until we start consistently losing in the Olympics. Maybe that wakes people up.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

They price us out of every sport except the two most dangerous, football and boxing, where they will heavily invest in us to compete it and excel in

Bars

 

[SCJoe]

I dunno about “rich kids”, but a two parent household is becoming a must.