fantastic piece @donkeypong. I simply wrote a bit approximately the NBA's statement in advance within the week approximately changing up the "one-and-finished" rule. I absolutely agree that the NBA likely has extra strength over youth basketball gamers than the NCAA and that some alternate needs to be made.

I assume it wishes to exchange in a few special ways. First, the NBA has to reduce the age minimum to go into the NBA draft to 18, or have graduated from high school after 4 years. this can allow the LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett degree players to go into the league right away, but can even provide other guys the ability to get drafted younger and be developed by way of NBA stage training within the G-League. next, the NBA has to boom the funding for the G-League. As of proper now, the G-League players are barely creating a residing salary and that has to change if the NBA desires to be able to maintain talent within the US from going to foreign seasoned leagues. finally, the NBA desires to enact a rule that if a player makes a decision to visit college, they can't leave for the NBA till they have been in university two full years. it works nicely for baseball and might paintings well for basketball as nicely.

If the NBA goes with those changes, it'll resolve multiple troubles and could optimistically clean up the NCAA at least a touch bit.