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With as many as 10 high school seniors looking to make the jump to the NBA this year, all the talk is about who will be this year’s Lebron, Kobe...
...McDavid was the first of the high-school busts—the mysterious third high-schooler to enter the 1996 draft along with Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O’Neal. He submitted his NBA Draft application without telling his coach, who immediately referred to his early-entry as a “mistake.” No NBA team even requested film of the 6’4 guard from Palmetto High...
Even those that wind up making an impact only do so after three or four years in the league—with the notable exceptions of Garnett, Kobe, Lebron and Amare Stoudamire. One could argue that the reason for this trend is that high school players need three or four years to develop an NBA body type and skill level. And the best place to cultivate these skills is in the environment that has been custom-fitted for this exact thing—college...
...long as the NBA entices youths with the promise of lucrative contracts and as long as GMs are forced to take immature, raw high-school talents out of the fear of passing on a Lebron or Kobe, high-school kids will keep skipping college to take their best shot at the NBA and financial security...
...FEED ME...KOBE...