Word: nba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the Chicago Bulls captured the NBA Championship last season, the moment seemed almost anti-climactic...
...course, Snowden is still with the Crimson, a senior stalwart on a resurgent Crimson squad. His counterparts, however, have leapfrogged him, finishing high school, zipping through abbreviated stays in college, and now starring in the NBA...
...almost ridiculous contrast between Snowden's experience and that of the more skilled (if less studious) NBA trio highlights a malaise of today's "big-time" college game--a maddening lack of continuity. Most fans feel as if they never know a team. As soon as a team begins to develop a particular character and show some promise, it is decimated by graduation and early defections to the NBA...
...different one. Players, no matter how talented, stayed in school until graduation. Duke's remarkable run of Final Fours and National Championships was made possible by the four-year careers of such stars as Christian Laettner and Grant Hill. Today, it is difficult to imagine such talents foresaking the NBA until graduation...
...would have been difficult for fans to develop the same feelings about Marbury or Iverson, who are both at least as talented as Laettner. By the time they had clearly established themselves as stars, they were off to the NBA...