Jeremy Tyler at 6-11 junior in high school decided to forego his senior year at his high school in San Diego to go pro in Europe. According to Scout he is the
#1 player in the class of 2010 and Scout even goes as far as to say he will be the #1 draft pick in the 2011 NBA draft. I think it is a rather interesting and
definately non conventional move. Could we see stuff like this become a norm and what does everyone else think about it?
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Interesting story thats on the front of yahoo |
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dawgstudent |
How does this affect the NBA draft rule as well?... | #1 | ||
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Posts: 16443 04/23/09 08:27 AM The Godfather |
does he have to wait two years or one to enter the NBA?
I think it's a great idea b/c you get to play basketball everyday and get paid for it. You just have to want to move to Europe.
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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 KurtRambis4 |
this kid's | #2 | ||
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Posts: 3358 04/23/09 08:30 AM |
and dubmass for wanting to play in europe and make bank
/jamont bashers
+1 for ronny's archive and no capitalization
- "that escalator is a tricky thing, man." - greg hardy 
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HD6 |
If we see a mass exodus..... | #3 | ||
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Posts: 1850 04/23/09 08:33 AM The General |
do you think they may require a high school diploma to play in the NBA?
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lawdawg02 |
the draft rule is tied to when your class graduates high school. | #4 | ||
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Posts: 2615 04/23/09 08:33 AM One Call, That's All
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so, he has to wait one year after he would have graduated high school. i don't know if there's a different rule for foreigners, but the age
requirement should be the same across the board. otherwise, i'm suing them for discrimination. pm me if you are an NBA draft prospect...
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uhhct1 |
I just know if I would skip my senior year of high school | #5 | ||
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Posts: 144 04/23/09 08:37 AM |
Or his parents condoning it. Then again, Im not ballin like him either. Interesting none the less
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BlankStare |
here's the link | #6 | ||
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lawdawg02 |
rivals says he is 6'9", 240, and is #9 in his class. | #7 | ||
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Posts: 2617 04/23/09 08:55 AM One Call, That's All
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also, an interesting note - his dad went to MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE, but didn't graduate...
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Seshomoru |
No chance. | #8 | ||
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Posts: 6403 04/23/09 08:57 AM Moderator |
I mean, I'm sure the NBA could legally do something like that, but it would go over about as well as property requirements to vote.
I never understood the rule anyway. Very few of the players who made the jump from high school to the NBA can be considered a failure, especially from the player's point of view. One year really isn't long enough to set up a cost free farm system like the way the NFL uses college football. So, I guess I just never really understood what the point of it was.
Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers - can you see how incredible this is going to be? - hang gliding,
come on!
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Posts: 740 04/23/09 09:03 AM |
I think what the NBA should do is make the Developmental League like a minor league system. Make the age requirements just like baseball.
2 NBA teams per D-league team or something so that the college game doesn't lose everybody. In fact, the college game may be better overall b/c you wouldn't have all the one and done type players. |
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99jc |
No way the NBA can or will do anything about this. If a high school baseball player can go directly | #10 | ||
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Posts: 833 04/23/09 09:52 AM |
to MLB then the NBA can't prevent free enterprise across international waters.
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Agentdog |
Just another example... | #11 | ||
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Posts: 1356 04/23/09 10:10 AM |
...of the moral decay of our society because of greed and lust for material things.
Unless, this kid's parents or siblings are dying of some disease and he needs funds for their treatment, I don't see any reason he could not wait one year. |
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Optimus Prime 4 |
what's the point in waiting a year? You can graduate high school from anywhere | #12 | ||
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Posts: 6772 04/23/09 10:27 AM Cobra Kai Sensei |
I don't see how moral decay equates with a high school diploma. He'll end up a hell of a lot more experienced and cultured than your typical high
school senior.
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karlchilders |
You're about to change March Madness, into March Sadness. | #13 | ||
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Posts: 747 04/23/09 11:05 AM |
College Basketball is already suffering....put in a full minor league program, and suddenly College B Ball will match the lack of importance of College
Baseball.
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RobbieRandolph |
Exactly | #14 | ||
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Posts: 378 04/23/09 11:08 AM |
If someone asked me if i wanted to skip my senior year of high school, make a couple hundred grand the next two years playing a sport and travel around Europe,
would I do it?
Uh, $%$$ yea I'd do it... |
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Optimus Prime 4 |
so would I, and I bet my parents would have been all for it | #15 | ||
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Posts: 6773 04/23/09 11:14 AM Cobra Kai Sensei |
he'll be able to send himself to college if something bad happens to his basketball career.
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Posts: 1357 04/23/09 12:02 PM |
make a couple hundred grand the next two years playing a sport and travel around Europe, would I do it?This is exactly my point. Take a couple hundred grand out of the equation and would most people want to leave home, family, and friends to play basketball in a foreign country? Would most parents allow their kids to skip their senior year of HS to go to Europe if no money was involved? My quess is probably not. Some can argue, the smart decision is to take the money while it is on the table. True.....for a society that values money over spending time with family and enjoying youth. Injury/risk arguement.....he is just as likely (probably more so) to get hurt in Europe as he is in HS and one year of college. Therefore, the injury risk is the same. Only difference.....the couple of grand in Europe....so the decision is made. |
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Optimus Prime 4 |
I would have loved to travel europe my senior year | #17 | ||
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Posts: 6775 04/23/09 12:05 PM Cobra Kai Sensei |
and yes, people do that. They're called exchange students
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Posts: 379 04/23/09 12:09 PM |
But you said it's the moral decay due to greed and lust for material things. Both the player and the father have said that it's not about the money; if
they wanted the money the dad said he could have just taken a payment under the table from a coach/agent.
He's going over there to get better at a skill, because that opportunity is not available him to right now. More power to him. And yeah, ever heard of exchange students? |
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Todd4State |
I heard a discussion about this | #19 | ||
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Posts: 4654 04/23/09 12:18 PM |
and I think the NBA was hoping that a year or two of college would help their players be more mature and better developed as players and people. They were also
hoping that the players would at least start to get an education of some sort.
Now, whether they have achieved what they were supposedly going for, I don't know about that. "Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen |
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lawdawg02 |
Attention: Budding Entrepreneurs. Here is your big chance. | #20 | ||
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Posts: 2619 04/23/09 12:21 PM One Call, That's All
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start your own professional basketball league in the US, for 17 and 18 year olds. they will play against each other, but have no restrictions on practice
time, coaching, etc. provide classes so they can get their GED by the time they leave the league. this will only be for those players who are willing to
bypass college (and high school) eligibility by going ahead and turning pro and staying closer to home. sure, you won't have a very large pool from which
to draw. but in a few years, you could become the feeder league to the NBA. watch out, though, as the NCAA will do everything in its power to snuff you out
(probably including getting the NBA to rescind the age limit).
if this becomes a trend (going to europe), i wouldn't be surprised to see a non-NBA sanctioned pro league for upper-teens in the US, probably started by someone like sonny vaccaro. it's not a far reach from the current AAU system.
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