The Pros And Cons Of The National Basketball Association

Picture this. A sold out arena of people watching game seven of the NBA National Championship game, with thousands more watching on TV. Commentators, who were star players themselves, scrutinize every wrong move made. Just one mistake can lead to victory or defeat, and that final play can come down to a young man who is only nineteen years old. Are high school athletes really ready for that type of pressure? As of 1995, a trend started where athletes entered the draft from high school, with Andrew Bynum and Monte Ellis paving the way. The very next year, the NBA commissioner made the age limit 19 or at least one year of college experience before eligibility to enter the draft. The addition of the age limit sparked debate based on mental, physical, and emotional factors. The NBA should not draft athletes directly out of high school due to mental immaturity, difficulty adjusting, and physical development.

         The NBA has seen many different players come and go throughout its 50 years of existence. In the last 15 years, there has been a boom of underclassmen leaving college early to enter the NBA draft. The last NBA draft in June, the top ten picks alone were underclassmen(Sports Illustrated, 264). Many more underclassmen are entering the NBA this year. The typical college career for the basketball players is playing until your junior year, then going pro. The NBA and the NCAA must do something in order to keep these young players in college.

Marty Blake and other NBA scouts said, ?No high school player belongs in the NBA? (Unknown 1). They don?t have the body type or mental strength to withstand night-in, night out beatings by bigger and faster people than them. Getting your education should be your first and most important priority in life. Scholarships and other academic money will help you learn things that you will never learn in your life. College ends up tapping into your outside sports life and lets you learn there are greater things and achievements than just sports. A more mature and literate person tends to be of better use to

Although some think the decision to go to the National Basketball Association should be solely in the hands of the players and although current efforts ensure that basketball players are in college for at least one year, the one-and-done rule needs to be revised because it destabilizes the college basketball system, leaves players without a backup plan, and causes players to lack the wisdom to make wise financial and life decisions.

First off, players considering going to the NBA will have their draft stock grow by graduating college before going to the Pros. But in some disappointing examples, teams take gambles with unknown teenagers and most times they do not pan out. A perfect example would be high school phenom Leon Smith, he grew up homeless bouncing around from orphanage to orphanage, when an NBA paycheck was placed in front of him he could not resist. The Dallas Mavericks were not aware of Smith’s tortured past when selecting him in the first round; playing only a handful amount of games in the NBA his career did not work out (Coomes). Who knows how his career would have played out if he went to college before the pros. Mark Tracy would agree with that story in his 2016 article where he declares, “It’s no secret that the NBA would prefer most players to stay in college for longer.” That statement can be translated to the equation: longer one stays in college, higher the draft pick. Many factors lead into scouts wanting players to compete in college for longer, one example from Kiki Vandeweghe, Basketball operations VP for NBA, explains familiarity, “The longer you stay in school and play, the more information we would have about you… the more familiar we would be with your game, the better predictor you can have for success.”

You might wonder, what is the “one-and-done” rule exactly? “One-and-done” is when a player enters college and plays only one year and has a choice to either leave college for the NBA or stay for multiple years. NCAA and NBA implemented this rule because they believe that the players are too young and immature for the NBA. Before 2006, players were able to enter the NBA draft straight from high school. Prospects were not panning out and seemed like they needed a year or two develop their game. In other words, players were not meeting expectations. The NCAA wants to increase the amount of years to either two or three years that a player has to stay in college before they can consider entering the draft.

In the modern world there are a lot of high school basketball players that have the talent, fundamentals, and body structure to be able to go straight to the NBA after high school. There are people all around the world that want to see these talented players come into the NBA and make an impact right away. High school players should be eligible to bypass college and go straight to the NBA.These terrifically talented athletes could come into the NBA and replace the legends that have retired from the great sport.

For the last ten years the NBA rule of One-and-Done has been and continues to be a controversial topic on whether it benefits the athlete or colleges. While this rule is endorsed by the NCAA the rule states that players are not allowed to enter the NBA draft until one year after their high school class graduation and be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the NBA draft. This rule leaves potential high school draft picks who do not intend to go to college after high school to be either forced into attend college for one year or to sit and wait for the draft. Who really benefits from this rule?

The One and Done rule was supposed to protect unprepared high school players from the difficult professional transition (Hughes 4). It would help prepare them better by playing one year of college before going pro. " The rule also gives players a chance to change their minds if they feel they are not ready" (McDiffett 12). They thought that the players going straight to the NBA were not very prepared and this would help with that. The players only have to go to college for one year to be able to go pro, but it used to be that the player could come straight out of high school into the professional league.

In order to make it in the NBA, black students will have to finish high school and go to a college. The NBA rules states in order to be eligibility for the NBA draft the one-and-done rule is in effect (Wikipedia). Meaning one year of college is all your need. Despite this, black students feel this bias towards them, and compared the MLB Draft Rule, “High school players, if they have graduated from high school and have not yet attended college or junior college” (Major League Baseball) can still join the MLB. The black community feels this not equal and fails to gives hope to some black students, a great example

There are 491 basketball players in the NBA, they all are very different in where they come from, who they are, and the impact that they are leaving behind. One player in particular is leaving his very own trademarked stamp on the NBA: Derrick Rose. He is the youngest MVP in NBA history. Rose played in the NBA for 10 years after attending the University of Memphis. He was a highly sought after recruit in high school with many scholarships mainly for being a once in a lifetime athlete who was known around the country for how explosive he was. He grew up in the rough parts of Chicago, where gang violence and drugs were always present wherever he went. Rose is an influential role model through his athletic success and perseverance, as well

They have changed that rule because of the reason of athletes getting hurt in the middle of their career if they go straight pros and they get hurt or something happens then what are they gonna do for income to live off of. This is a very big problem we see in professional athletes today.basketball and football players who wind up in the pros had little or no interest in going to college in the first place. They want to be first in line for the professional drafts. What they would like is to have the NBA's cooperation in doing anything they can to keep boys playing college basketball for as long as they can. That is why the NBA came up with the rule student athletes must got to college for at least one year, this is to help these athletes that are not mature and are thinking just about the money and not about the love of the game. That's what it should be because this would make watching games so much better because this would give better competition which would make for a better

The “one and done” rule has been a trending topic since it was put in place by NBA officials in 2006. The one-and-done rule explains that players who wish to enter the NBA draft must attend at least one year of college or be at least one year removed from high school graduation as long as they turn 19 years old by the end of the calendar year of the draft. Before this rule was put in place, high school players were eligible for the NBA draft immediately upon graduation. Kevin Garnett was drafted immediately after high school in 1995, his jump from high school to the NBA started a trend. A total of 39 players were drafted out of high school, like Kobe Bryant in 1996, Tracy McGrady in 1997, and even LeBron James in 2003. Though there are a few reasons for why the one and done rule should be dismissed, there are more valid reasons to why the rule should stand. There will be two sides when it comes to any argument. The NBA does not seem to fully agree with it while the NCAA enjoys it and feel like players should have to stay even longer. In the long run, the one-and-done rule benefits the NCAA as well as the NBA. But why should

The NBA one and done rule has been a highly debated topic as of late in NBA circles. The rule states that no player may sign with the NBA until they are one year removed from high school. For many of the top tier athletes that wish to go to the NBA, this is a clear disadvantage for them to be forced to wait one year until after high school to go pro or take a meaningless year of college. Hence removing the one and done rule will be a benefit to these athletes. Furthermore, there are many disadvantages to the one and done rule, that provide clear reasoning for removing the one and done rule. Due to these disadvantages, there is are a lot of risks for athletes due to the one and done rule.

Playing basketball will lead to the NBA because if I am good enough I can be drafted to a team.Second, I can be a coach or an assistant coach for the NBA, schools, and just help other people with tips and tricks. Third, I can be an announcer for high schools, colleges, and the NBA. Lastly, I can be a T.V sport analyst for college and the NBA. I do not think that it is possible to master basketball without 10,000 hour rule because 10,000 is a lot of time practicing and learning new things to become better