MelroseHawkins
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Yea. Not the best to get him mixed up with. Now I know the good one has the coaches pics at the bottom!
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Yea. Not the best to get him mixed up with. Now I know the good one has the coaches pics at the bottom!
mopkins
King Kong
I don't really agree with that coaching assessment. Either he goes to the D-league and focuses only on basketball while getting paid a nominal amount, or he stays at Iowa where he has to attend classes, maintain a certain GPA, and also play basketball with an NCAA restricted amount of coaching and practices.
It really does come down to personal preference, no one player is the same. Diamond Stone comes to mind. He wasn't NBA ready but he declared anyway, got drafted in the second round, and now he's been in the G-league for 2 years instead of developing at Maryland. Does that mean Mark Turgeon is a terrible coach? Not at all
SteveGarvey1
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A lot of it comes down to whether he thinks next year's team has a chance to go to the Big Dance. He hasn't gone yet and I would think all players want to get a taste at least once.
The only problem with the G League is that the current salary for its players is around $25,000. Unless he's living rent free, that's a very tough way to live. A person could live better on a scholarship. That's the only reason college basketball in general is able to survive. If the NBA ever bumps G league salaries up and creates and better farm system (which it sounds like they're getting ready for) college basketball is in for incredible changes.
mopkins
King Kong
I definitely think that's the direction the NBA is going very soon. The two-way contracts have been very beneficial to the NBA teams and players...and the G-league in general has allowed for teams to deal with injuries and develop players under their systems a lot better. Its really a win/win for the NBA.
Robowe
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Sounds like they are working on it (as you mentioned) ...
http://kwese.espn.com/nba/story/_/i...et-involved-high-school-level-once-again-espn
The NBA currently permits 18-year-olds in the G League, but the salaries are not competitive. Currently, G League players can earn a maximum of $26,000 per season. In recent years, prospects such as Brandon Jennings, Emmanuel Mudiay and Terrance Ferguson played overseas and earned as much as $1 million while waiting to be eligible to be drafted -- which they all were in the first round.
The Australian National Basketball League, where Ferguson played last year before being drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder, has opened a window for players looking to go this route. Perhaps in an attempt to get ahead of the NBA, the NBL has just announced the "Next Stars" program, creating roster spots for players who want to develop in Australia starting next season. ESPN has reported it will come with a salary of 100,000 Australian dollars, or about $78,000 in U.S currency.
The NBA already has created an "in between" for the G League and NBA rosters with two-way contracts, in which players earn the equivalent of $75,000 when in the G League and then earn an NBA minimum salary when with the parent club. A plan to create another version of this could be launched for 18-year-olds that would make it more financially attractive for them to stay in the U.S. and get more NBA-level coaching and training as they prepare to eventually be formally drafted into the league.
Tyler Cook would probably have been a perfect candidate for some of the things being talked about by the NBA commissioner currently. Some of their ideas would make it more attractive for elite HS players to contend for NBA attention w/o going to college. They see the NCAA as failing so they may interject themselves even more into the process for creating an easier pathway for those with talent but more interest in the NBA than college.
Cook likely wouldn't have attended any college if the NBA has always been his goal and these NBA ideas were now in effect. Maybe fewer elites hitting the college floors for all programs in the future?
Cook likely wouldn't have attended any college if the NBA has always been his goal and these NBA ideas were now in effect. Maybe fewer elites hitting the college floors for all programs in the future?
MelroseHawkins
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Agree.
