The David Stern NBA 2005 One-on-Done rule has caused havoc in the NCAA pushing the influence down to the AAU teams making the NCAA the training ground for hot young future NBA Stars.
ESPN NBA guru Brian Windhorst says that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants to develop high school players who don’t want to play in college. He wants to develop them as young as 15 years old to start working with the NBA on a path to the NBA through the G-League. Which means, there would be a Pre-G-League. Would that be the Jr NBA?
In response to the ESPN Mark Schlabach’s baseless report that ESPN is standing behind and still picking on Arizona pointing out only Emmanuel Book Richardson’s indictment. On the “Big Story,” they doubled down and even said that Miller seemed embarrassed, “Arizona doesn’t want to see their guy to be the first guy to go down for this.” They also said that even in Miller did do what their outlet accused him of; maybe it’s fine.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and his advisors have been talking to USA Basketball, the unions and all parties involved to present a comprehensive change to the one-and-done rule. According to Windhorst:
"“He [Silver] wants to get back in, in the game of developing players all the way through to high school and graduating them either to the G-League or the NBA. Essentially giving players another path tham AAU, college, NBA now that maybe they can be involved with the NBA all through their teenage years — The NBA doesn’t want teenage kids to have to go to Australia, China, or Italy to play. There are two phases.”"
Windhorst reported Silver’s comments:
"“We realize that the whole issue of the one-and-done is that we don’t operate in isolation, and where we choose to set with our players’ association, the minimum age has a direct impact on college basketball as well,” Silver said."
What needs to be done according to Silver?
- Don’t rush through the process
- “Outside of the cycle of collective bargaining” – Work with the Players’ Association (Players and executive board).
- “Understand the pros and cons of potentially moving the age limit .”
Former Arizona Wildcat and now Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr wants to go one step further and let students have agents. On top of that, let the undrafted students come back to school if they want too. If Kerr gets his way, and it makes a ton of sense to us, then recruiting for the NCAA will become very different and will have challenges.
"“Don’t keep this ruse going,” Kerr told reporters Monday. “We all know what’s going on. Let’s do what’s best for the kid and give them some options, and work together between the NBA and NCAA to find the right system. I think it’s entirely doable if you people just open their eyes.”“One of the things the NCAA needs to look at is, if a kid signs with an agent and he doesn’t get drafted, welcome him back. Why not? What’s the harm? We talk about amateurism and all this stuff, but if you’re truly trying to do what’s right for the kid, and the kid declares for the draft and doesn’t get drafted, you know what? Welcome him back. Do something good for the kids.”"
Steve Kerr on the one-and-done rule and the NCAA pic.twitter.com/8SOlR9Onnt
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To be honest, at times all of this information coming at us in the media seems well orchestrated, but timely none-the-less. It’s in Arizona’s best interest for the NCAA acknowledge the issues are so far-reaching that even they cannot afford to litigate, handle or manage a wiping out of 50 schools coaches and top players.
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The NCAA would help all schools, including Arizona especially now that ESPN report made national headlines, to make “Go-Forward” sweeping changes that help the entire NCAA start fresh. The NCAA stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars if they decide they are going to instead move forward and punish every coach and player implicated, not even tried, in college basketball from the FBI Investigation. Let’s hope they get their act together after Arizona wins the NCAA Championship and shuts everyone up.