[HobbyOGParticipant]

 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25015812/g-league-offer-professional-path-elite-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa

Now "elite" players can skip college and go straight to the G-league instead of college. Who in the 2019 Class do you think may consider this?

I wouldn’t be surprise if James Wiseman and Vernon Carey decided to do this. Also if Jalen Lecque qualifes he might consider, he doesn’t seem like someone that likes school. 

Advantages: Money, no classes, early endorsements, some what of NBA training

Disadvantages: Less exposure, Bus rides no private jets like the big universites, if you don’t peform well. 

 

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

It will be a worthwhile experiment. Before changing the current rule for draft eligibility, it makes sense for the NBA to see how this works. Far too often, people who are justificably upset with how the NCAA treats athletes in revenue-generating sports understate the jump to the NBA or NFL. For the most part, players who have tried to circumvent or work around the current rule have not really excelled. Brandon Jennings is still probably the gold standard despite the fact he was just ok in Italy and had his NBA career slow after six years. Jeremy Tyler, Josiah Turner, Dante Exum, Thon Maker, Terrance Ferguson, and Emmanuel Mudiay have all taken differing routes, but have not lived up to the regard they were held as prep stars. It makes me wonder what the expectations will be for a top 10-ish recruit a Duke/UNC/Kansas/Kentucky/UCLA-type recruit in the G-League? They will be playing against guys who are older, many of whom were in the same spot the "elite" prep was when they were 18-19, and those guys will be in a spot where they are playing to either get an NBA call up or a well-paid gig abroad knowing that showing up the draft prospect might catch an eye. Also, and possibly connected to the previous point, will it matter if they are bad? Terrance Ferguson was taken in the first round despite playing poorly in Australia.

Lastly, and one that I think is not insignificant, but the period from when they finish high school until the start of the G-League draft/preseason is important. Players in college arrive for summer session, sometimes have the trip abroad for formal practices and exhibition games, have strength programs, and "informal" practices. There is a building process where they are learning the system and how things are done, even if all the rules are followed and most of the coaching comes from older teammates. The infrastructure to get a guy from high school to the draft, whether that takes one year or four, exists in the colleges. This is not in place in the G-League. Even if one assumes that the players brought in are professional enough to avoid the Jeremy Tyler situation, I think more should be considered than how to get guys on a court more advanced than AAU/high school before they entered into the draft.

[HobbyOGParticipant]

This might boost the G-League ratings…imagine if Zion or RJ played in the G-league this year

 

And does this kill the JBA? JBA would be a minor league to a minor league..

 

  

[HeroescantdieParticipant]

 from marketing standpoint players that are elite with highschool hype can make Gleague more popular to the people, there’s a misconception and opinion about the gleague that players there are wastes of nba that nobody wants or cannot contribute right away, imagine if a great high school player performs well and exceed the hype. I think also that the NBA wants this for them to see the readiness of high school players today which relates to the nba changing the rules of draft allowing highschool players to enter the draft

  

[HitsterParticipant]

Would be an interesting idea and a team in rebuild could go all out to get a top future prospect into their G-League affiliate. You would increase the chances of tapping up and also might a team be reluctant to try to develop a player who the next summer could be drafted by one of their key rivals?

[Andv1 WaitingParticipant]

 If you have an injury in College no money vs G league at least you got paid reasonable money and in the pipeline a lot quicker…So if you aren’t 100% sure you will make it at least you will get some money..For example I could see prospects that are really good but can’t get SAT scores etc(to focused on sports) like a Jennings,Mudiay and D-rose(if rumor was true) for example doing this over going overseas..

However I see this as most "elite player” would probably take the risk in College have fun with some of the opposite sex and make bigger money in cracking the 1st/2nd round vs not even 2nd round pick money…

Plus if you look at it most G-league from Highschool prospects that have tried this before haven’t even made it to the NBA longterm..

Personally I think this is the NBA’s way of killing two things: The JBA and getting around having to lower the one and done rule again and offering only to ”elite” players…

 

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

I don’t think the JBA is of any concern to the NBA. The FBI going after the shoe companies, college coaches, and parents might. They cannot know for sure if this is just a bump in the road for the current structure or the first step in a major change to the landscape.

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