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Last night, after all was said and done in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament, Head Coach Bo Ryan of Wisconsin was a bit salty about the way that Du
[See the full post at: The NBA and NCAA Should Adopt Major League Baseball’s Draft Rules]The NBA doesn’t want the MLB rule. The whole point of making them wait an extra year is to lower the risk of drafting a lemon. The MLB rule still has that risk.
Seeing players with a year in college experience makes scout’s jobs much easier. Seeing them in college two or three years would be even better, of course, but there is no desire to revert backwards to have the option of NO college. Just make it 2 or 3 years.
This of course would help the elite programs at the expense of the others. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to pass.
I’ve always been surprised that the owners don’t push for something longer than one year simply from a financial risk position. Having three years to judge the players should minimize the busts and wasted dollars.
There have always been draft busts, some bigger than others (hello, Sam Bowie). But with today’s rules, at least from the outside, it’s a crap shoot. Having three years would provide MUCH for data for proper analysis, and NBA owners would be able to hold their draft analysts accountable at a whole new level.
The junior rule would definitely lift all boats, since the primary impact would be fewer seats available, year over year, at the elite programs.
If some players are required to stay for three years, we will circle back to the issue of keeping them eligible and the yet unresolved mess over at *NC. I would like to see a player being told, “You need to go ahead and try to go pro because you are too much of a liability for any school to take you for three years.”
Ryan’s comments come across as a bit unfair to other programs, but whatevs.
At a minimum, I’d like to see the ‘one year out’ rule removed. It’s an awful rule that is awful for most parties, and I really don’t see how much benefit NBA clubs are getting from it. One year is one year, it’s not going to show you that much – there’s always risks. It’s also damn near criminal to disallow a worthy candidate because of some psuedo age restriction.
The Lebrons and Kobes are extreme rare exceptions. I’m glad to see that some NBA brass have been awakening to the fact that potential and athleticism are not guarantees of success/skills and return on investment. Really, they didn’t have much choice but to awaken to this fact … after the game nose dived in popularity in the late 90’s and early 2000’s they had no choice but to stop stocking their rosters based on ‘potential’ alone and to pin all their hopes on the next 17-year old wunderkind (good job, good effort Espn – you tried). I’ve never understood the logic of being in a game of skill and merit, yet basing all of your GM decisions based on potential and hype … but whatever.
There’s a reason the Spurs win a lot – they have highly skilled players who execute their plans as a team. It’s not freaking rocket science, it’s basketball. The Spurs are very European-centric, and I’d posit that their success with European style skill sets and execution is an example of how far American-centric basketball has fallen. Please don’t read that wrong – that’s not an assault on the NBA or it’s players – it is, currently, a highly skilled game played by the best players in the world. I’m saying that the Spurs’ successes against their peers show how far behind the times the US game has become. Now teams – like the Hawks – are emulating the Spurs both in style and in roster make up. I’m getting off track, but this is worthy of a more in-depth look imo.
The above is why I feel like a baseball type rule for the NBA and NCAA would be good even for the NBA. The word is out and people are learning that the overwhelming majority of these kids need time to mature and develop as people, mature and develop their games, and to be frank – to unlearn the “teaching and instruction” from AAU opportunists. A lot of these kids have to be taught the most basic of skills and fundamentals when they reach college/university. A damn shame. It was even more of a shame when every NBA team was on the hunt for the next Kobe and drafting busts over and over … it truly cost the league big time. The league just is now getting back their watch-ability and interest with the casual fan.
No doubt the baseball rule is a better solution for the NBA. There is a lot less risk after three years than there is after one. The college game would be a thousand time better with this arrangement. If somebody needed the money they could go to Europe after one or two years.
There’s a reason the Spurs win a lot
There are definite reasons the Spurs win a lot. It is probably the best run organization in the NBA and has the best coach in the NBA.
But I don’t think they are a perfect example to cite for your argument. The Spurs are typically picking very late because of their success, so they haven’t really been in position to draft the elite one and done players. Also, of the 15 players on their current roster, the Spurs only drafted 6 of them: Duncan, Ginobili, Leonard, Parker, Splitter and Cory Joseph. Joseph was a one and done player, and Parker was equivalent to a one and done player (he bypassed college for one year before entering the NBA draft). Certainly that group of drafted players shows they have been successful at drafting, but it hasn’t been because they exclude one and dones.
Having said all that, I am certainly in favor of the NBA increasing the number of years required in college before being eligible for the NBA.
three things:
1. my brackets were busted early enough to invalidate any prediction.
2. if an 18-year-old can be in the military, that’s enough for me.
3. so, “talent” of any age *should* be able to exploit said talent for $.‘Merica.
I think the kids should be able to go pro @ 18 if they want… I don’t have a problem with baseball rule, but I ‘spect it will make Duke’s and Kentucky’s even stronger.
Of course, we might be able to keep some of our burger boys longer too.
I feel like some sort of direct partnership between the NCAA and the D-League would be beneficial here.
Adopting the MLB Draft rule would be an excellent upgrade.
As for the high school busts…the data would say that’s a bit overstated.
From 95 until they stopped in 2005, 23 High School players were taken using one of the first 20 picks in a draft. Of those, 9 have made NBA All-Star teams and All-NBA teams.
And for those taken in the lottery (top 13 IIRC), 8 All-NBA players and nearly all the rest have played at least 500 NBA games.
The All-NBA guys in the top 20 are Lebron, Dwight Howard, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Amare Stoudemire, Kobe, Andrew Bynum, and Jermaine O’Neal.
As for the high school busts…the data would say that’s a bit overstated.
From 95 until they stopped in 2005, 23 High School players were taken using one of the first 20 picks in a draft. Of those, 9 have made NBA All-Star teams and All-NBA teams.
And for those taken in the lottery (top 13 IIRC), 8 All-NBA players and nearly all the rest have played at least 500 NBA games.
^Thanks for the data. I have no problem being corrected!
Still, my overriding point was that the quality of play in the NBA suffered pretty heavily within the timeframe of your given data. This is an entirely subjective view though, admittedly.
I want to continue the thought process NCSU88 started above concerning academics. Take the situation where a kid flunks out after his first year. Can he go ahead and jump straight to the league or is he consigned to D-league or Europe until 21 or 3 years removed from High School? As for the school, do they lose anything for not achieving significant educational progress with the kids? Does this provide an incentive to create dumbed down curricula to keep kids eligible for three years instead of just one?
I am much more concerned about what happens to the schools when they are incentivized to cheat to keep kids eligible. We’ve seen it happen locally and there has been no punishment. Cal can bring kids in, put them in basket weaving, pay them under the new rules that everyone seems to be proposing and never pay the price for not educating the kids. I just don’t trust the academic standards to help keep this new rule enforced.
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