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I think I like the idea of these one-and-done kids going to Europe for a year (or two or three) than going to college where they have no intention of going to class. They get paid (solves the amateur issue for hard-luck kids), they're forced to learn grown-up behavior, far removed from bad influences at home, forced to play a team game ... injury is about the only thing I can think of that would be bad, unless they're going to country saved by civil war or something.
I bet these kids come back better prepared for the NBA (which is all they want to do in the first place) than if (a) they had been drafted out of high school or (b) they went to college on a sham.
On the glass half full side yes, on the half empty side we could get a whole bunch of Daniel Hackett flop like Ginobily clones coming back from Europe every season.
Just seems to me that every year in the draft there are 3 or 4 uber talented kids from Europe who barely play in Europe because they're too young or the team is trying to hide them from the NBA or the coach didn't like them etc. I just have to wonder how those same teams and coaches are going to treat kids like Jennings or Renardo Sidney, they might never play them.
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Just seems to me that every year in the draft there are 3 or 4 uber talented kids from Europe who barely play in Europe because they're too young or the team is trying to hide them from the NBA or the coach didn't like them etc. I just have to wonder how those same teams and coaches are going to treat kids like Jennings or Renardo Sidney, they might never play them.
The HUGE difference here is it won't be like when Spanish and Italian teams sign poor teenagers from the demolished streets of Serbian and Slovenia to nasty contracts. Those are the ones that end up as high-paid slaves.
These American kids won't have a clue what they're getting into, but at least they'll have sophisticated American representation who can maximize their experience.
I agree with Gaddabout. While Jennings or most other HS kids arent ready to star on a good Euroleauge team, they can benefit greatly by going to Europe and playing on a decent team against good competition.
I do follow the Euroleague and you can look and see how many guys who dont make it in the NBA star across the seas. Im not saying these kids will star like that, but they would gain much much more than they would sitting out a year and training, because nobody will see them compete for a year.
I agree with Gaddabout. While Jennings or most other HS kids arent ready to star on a good Euroleauge team, they can benefit greatly by going to Europe and playing on a decent team against good competition.
I do follow the Euroleague and you can look and see how many guys who dont make it in the NBA star across the seas. Im not saying these kids will star like that, but they would gain much much more than they would sitting out a year and training, because nobody will see them compete for a year.
The one problem I see with Jennings and other players who go over seas to play one year and then bolt to the NBA is teams might decide they don't want a 18-year old playing only one year and then leaving.
There was a good article the other day about Ivan Radenovic and his impression on Jennings going over to Europe and playing for one year. Ivan said "Very hard, they treat you like a rookie no matter how good you are. You sit the bench and you watch." http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/sports/89378.php
Another day, another story. I am sick of this. Jennings is a great player and would help the Cats, but would his "I" attitude do more harm than good? I want a guy who is going to go out there and play for the team. I am starting to think the Cats are better off with Nic and Chase in the backcourt. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3466832
I think these kids going to Europe is absolutely great for basketball, but it sucks for us fans...Unless the European leagues try to work out a decent TV deal.
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Another day, another story. I am sick of this. Jennings is a great player and would help the Cats, but would his "I" attitude do more harm than good? I want a guy who is going to go out there and play for the team. I am starting to think the Cats are better off with Nic and Chase in the backcourt. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3466832
The thing is unless his score is roughly comparable to the 2nd test he really has no point in saying it made me mad. Standardized tests are designed to filter out flukes. You don't jump 1000 points in an SAT test by accident. He took it while at Dominguez and then jumped 1000 while at Oak hill. The idea that his education improved so much from public inner city school to private school has to be defensible, add in his claim he didn't try the first time around. That his entire defense, I didn't try first time I did the 2nd time.
He can't be surprised it got flagged(by rule) and he can't be surprised they didn't believe his excuse. If he didn't cheat he should be able to come close to duplicating it, if he can't, then he either cheated or it was an incredible fluke.
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