Post subject: do you support an age limit in the NBA?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:13 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:34 am Posts: 613
i sure as fuck do. i know Charles Barkely and David Stern want it to happen. Their ideas are very alike.....set the age limit to 20, and use the NBDL more as a developmental system for those who dont want to go to college (and also so they can get paid).
get these 18-19 year olds out of the NBA! you shouldnt have to watch a "professional" learn how to play for 3 years (Eddie Curry, Darius Miles, Omar Cook, 3000 others)
I am pro-age limit. I think it would limit early egos and would certainly support players learning and honing their skills at the college level and not stinkin up the nba.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:54 am Posts: 10731 Location: The back of a Volkswagen
Basically rehashing what I said in the Clarett thread, if a player can ball coming out of high school and a team wants to take a chance with him, then so be it.
Yes, big time... if the NBA could set up a minor leagues like baseball has then they would be 10 times better off... Kwame Brown's would never happen again
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
...could all be better than Jordan if they had more training before they entered the NBA...
they are only as good as they are because they've been playing against the best since they were 18. Jordan would have ended up being better if he skipped NC.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:14 am Posts: 8662 Location: IL
jayscott_ wrote:
parchy wrote:
lunkin wrote:
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
...could all be better than Jordan if they had more training before they entered the NBA...
they are only as good as they are because they've been playing against the best since they were 18. Jordan would have ended up being better if he skipped NC.
wrong.
the knowledge jordan gathered from Dean was definitely more important than a couple extra years of nba competition.... and i have no doubt mj himself would tell you that... also, he just might have turned out like kobe... kobe would never say things like "my guys", "my team" if he had spent a couple years under K
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
...could all be better than Jordan if they had more training before they entered the NBA...
they are only as good as they are because they've been playing against the best since they were 18. Jordan would have ended up being better if he skipped NC.
wrong.
the knowledge jordan gathered from Dean was definitely more important than a couple extra years of nba competition.... and i have no doubt mj himself would tell you that... also, he just might have turned out like kobe... kobe would never say things like "my guys", "my team" if he had spent a couple years under K
kobe said it, but dont think for a second mj didnt act it, such as, the youll be gone if you pass the ball to cartwright credo he sent.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:14 am Posts: 8662 Location: IL
Peeps wrote:
pearljamminagain wrote:
jayscott_ wrote:
parchy wrote:
lunkin wrote:
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
...could all be better than Jordan if they had more training before they entered the NBA...
they are only as good as they are because they've been playing against the best since they were 18. Jordan would have ended up being better if he skipped NC.
wrong.
the knowledge jordan gathered from Dean was definitely more important than a couple extra years of nba competition.... and i have no doubt mj himself would tell you that... also, he just might have turned out like kobe... kobe would never say things like "my guys", "my team" if he had spent a couple years under K
kobe said it, but dont think for a second mj didnt act it, such as, the youll be gone if you pass the ball to cartwright credo he sent.
i know how mj acted... the big difference is that he never let it hurt the team... ever... he had enough guys on board to win 6 titles... people are dying to get out of LA these days... sure, MJ started to let it cause problems in washington, but if kobe is 40 and wants to try and capture some late glory, so be it... but not when he's in his 20's
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:59 am Posts: 18643 Location: Raleigh, NC Gender: Male
No.
It would be nice if the NBA could concentrate more money and effort on the NBDL, but I don't think the fan interest is there. It's also a lot of pressure to take a 1st round draft pick and get him in the game, not to sit him in Mobile or Asheville for 2 years because he obviously wasn't ready.
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
with the exception of lebron and maybe malone, (as im not old enough toremember when he came into the league), every single one of these guys sucked ass there first 2 or 3 year and therefore makes us watch shitty players who should be in college, play in a league they dont belong in yet.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:59 am Posts: 18643 Location: Raleigh, NC Gender: Male
dannyg wrote:
lunkin wrote:
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
with the exception of lebron and maybe malone, (as im not old enough toremember when he came into the league), every single one of these guys sucked ass there first 2 or 3 year and therefore makes us watch shitty players who should be in college, play in a league they dont belong in yet.
The guys who are unprepared (Leon Smith etc), generally don't get a hell of a lot of PT until they are ready to play. Jermaine O'Neal didn't get significant time until his 5th season, so he was taking up space on the bench rather than some busted-up guy like Dell Curry at 37 years old.
moses malone, kevin garnett, kobe, tmac, jermaine oneal, lebron
...could all be better than Jordan if they had more training before they entered the NBA...
they are only as good as they are because they've been playing against the best since they were 18. Jordan would have ended up being better if he skipped NC.
wrong.
the knowledge jordan gathered from Dean was definitely more important than a couple extra years of nba competition.... and i have no doubt mj himself would tell you that... also, he just might have turned out like kobe... kobe would never say things like "my guys", "my team" if he had spent a couple years under K
Its kind of jacked off to say 'wrong' and 'definitely' when everything you say is 100% speculation, just like what I said.
Everyone can't get into college, let these kids get paid, they aren't the reason the NBA sucks, the NBA sucks because there are 800 teams, and there is room for 18 year olds in this watered down talent pool. Lebron belongs in the NBA, not college, its idiotic to say otherwise.
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