NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

[nbasuperstar40]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

You say that like it's a fact.

there you go again, still on nuts, I'ma have slice you like Nas did Jiggaman, do u want it to come down to that my n*.

[elprez98]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

How?
Most of the NBA players that aren't 20 yet and aren't good enough to play sit on the bench...
See: Darko Milicic, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Andris Biedrins, Robert Swift, Travis Outlaw, Ndubi Ebi, etc.

This rule doesn't make the NBA better. The best players play. If you suck, you ride the pine. It doesn't matter if you're 8 years old, or got a doctorate at Duke while starting 8 years on their basketball team, if you can't play, you sit. And if you can play, you will either get drafted or sign with a team.

This rule doesn't do anything for the league. Maybe for college basketball, but not for the NBA.


Holla

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

[elprez98]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

How?
Most of the NBA players that aren't 20 yet and aren't good enough to play sit on the bench...
See: Darko Milicic, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Andris Biedrins, Robert Swift, Travis Outlaw, Ndubi Ebi, etc.

This rule doesn't make the NBA better. The best players play. If you suck, you ride the pine. It doesn't matter if you're 8 years old, or got a doctorate at Duke while starting 8 years on their basketball team, if you can't play, you sit. And if you can play, you will either get drafted or sign with a team.

This rule doesn't do anything for the league. Maybe for college basketball, but not for the NBA.


Holla

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

there you go again, still on nuts, I'ma have slice you like Nas did Jiggaman, do u want it to come down to that my n*.

Lmao, shut up. You don't know what you're talking about at all. If you want to respond then say something that actually contributes to the argument. Don't come at me with dumb **** like that.

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

there you go again, still on nuts, I'ma have slice you like Nas did Jiggaman, do u want it to come down to that my n*.

Lmao, shut up. You don't know what you're talking about at all. If you want to respond then say something that actually contributes to the argument. Don't come at me with dumb **** like that.

[Blaxican8504]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

100% Agree

[Blaxican8504]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

100% Agree

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

So they got beat in the olympics because they had high school players? They only had two and they barely played lebron. The high school players that they wanted, the ones who would've won it didn't go to the olympics.

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things. Barring Lebron, name somebody else who came into the league FROM HIGH SCHOOL that was the man?

Not K.G., Not Amare(even though he was a couple of months from 20 as it stood anyway)

Definitely not Kobe.

All these cats, take 2-3 years to develop anyway(develop=play on level as high or higher than that the game is currently played at).
Let them do that crapola in college or the CBA or NBDL....but not the NBA...that's why those scubs got waxed in the Olympics....

So they got beat in the olympics because they had high school players? They only had two and they barely played lebron. The high school players that they wanted, the ones who would've won it didn't go to the olympics.

[HMcCoy]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things.

Thats the bottom line right there...

As much as I hate that these kids are forced to wait to make a living for themselves and their families...I agree with this age limit if simply to weed out the guys that all talent and no work ethic.

3 years of college would help NBA GM's separate the guys who really can contribute to the league from guys who can simply jump out of the gym. The NBA should benefit from being able to see all of their future investments (not just HS kids) perform at a competitive level for more than just 1-2 years, BEFORE they throw those millions at them. Is even that going to be enough to repair the NBA's lack of fundamentals? I guess we'll see in a few years, but I'm hopeful.

I would hate to see the next LeBron go down with a knee in college, though.

[HMcCoy]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

The problem is these high school kids aren't the best players....they have the most POTENTIAL, and people confuse those two things.

Thats the bottom line right there...

As much as I hate that these kids are forced to wait to make a living for themselves and their families...I agree with this age limit if simply to weed out the guys that all talent and no work ethic.

3 years of college would help NBA GM's separate the guys who really can contribute to the league from guys who can simply jump out of the gym. The NBA should benefit from being able to see all of their future investments (not just HS kids) perform at a competitive level for more than just 1-2 years, BEFORE they throw those millions at them. Is even that going to be enough to repair the NBA's lack of fundamentals? I guess we'll see in a few years, but I'm hopeful.

I would hate to see the next LeBron go down with a knee in college, though.

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

Thats the bottom line right there...

As much as I hate that these kids are forced to wait to make a living for themselves and their families...I agree with this age limit if simply to weed out the guys that all talent and no work ethic.

3 years of college would help NBA GM's separate the guys who really can contribute to the league from guys who can simply jump out of the gym. The NBA should benefit from being able to see all of their future investments (not just HS kids) perform at a competitive level for more than just 1-2 years, BEFORE they throw those millions at them. Is even that going to be enough to repair the NBA's lack of fundamentals? I guess we'll see in a few years, but I'm hopeful.

I would hate to see the next LeBron go down with a knee in college, though.

But why should the player be penalized when they have no say in whether they are drafted or not? Like I've said time and time again, it's the gms fault for drafting these players. If the league doesn't think that high school players are good for the league then they just need to scout better and not draft the ones who won't contribute rather than making a stupid age restriction.

[jmood88]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

Thats the bottom line right there...

As much as I hate that these kids are forced to wait to make a living for themselves and their families...I agree with this age limit if simply to weed out the guys that all talent and no work ethic.

3 years of college would help NBA GM's separate the guys who really can contribute to the league from guys who can simply jump out of the gym. The NBA should benefit from being able to see all of their future investments (not just HS kids) perform at a competitive level for more than just 1-2 years, BEFORE they throw those millions at them. Is even that going to be enough to repair the NBA's lack of fundamentals? I guess we'll see in a few years, but I'm hopeful.

I would hate to see the next LeBron go down with a knee in college, though.

But why should the player be penalized when they have no say in whether they are drafted or not? Like I've said time and time again, it's the gms fault for drafting these players. If the league doesn't think that high school players are good for the league then they just need to scout better and not draft the ones who won't contribute rather than making a stupid age restriction.

[HMcCoy]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

But why should the player be penalized when they have no say in whether they are drafted or not? Like I've said time and time again, it's the gms fault for drafting these players. If the league doesn't think that high school players are good for the league then they just need to scout better and not draft the ones who won't contribute rather than making a stupid age restriction.

Problem with that is that if a GM passes on a 6'11" HS kid who can shoot the three..hes going to look like a moron in 3 years if that kid develops into a megastar..No organization wants that. This rule saves these GM's from themselves.

I agree that its unfair to the young'ns, but the bottom line is:

who do I feel an allegiance to? Joe 20-year-old's friends and family, or the NBA game?

I choose the NBA, sorry Joe...

[HMcCoy]

Re: NBA to have age limit as soon as next year (20 yrs. old)

But why should the player be penalized when they have no say in whether they are drafted or not? Like I've said time and time again, it's the gms fault for drafting these players. If the league doesn't think that high school players are good for the league then they just need to scout better and not draft the ones who won't contribute rather than making a stupid age restriction.

Problem with that is that if a GM passes on a 6'11" HS kid who can shoot the three..hes going to look like a moron in 3 years if that kid develops into a megastar..No organization wants that. This rule saves these GM's from themselves.

I agree that its unfair to the young'ns, but the bottom line is:

who do I feel an allegiance to? Joe 20-year-old's friends and family, or the NBA game?

I choose the NBA, sorry Joe...