Adam Silver: Personal View Is NBA Is Ready to Allow Players to Enter Draft at 18

[Lebron23]

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The NBA appears to be inching closer to eliminating the one-and-done rule.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Las Vegas, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he believes the league will soon eliminate its age limit and allow 18-year-olds to declare for the draft.

"My personal view is that we're ready to make that change," Silver said, according to USA Today's Sam Amick.

Earlier Tuesday, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts hinted an announcement could be forthcoming.

According to the Washington Post's Tim Bontemps, Roberts told reporters to "stay tuned" and expect news at some point in "the next few months."

Last month, ESPN.com's Zach Lowe obtained a memo from the NBA to all 30 teams that explained "eligibility rules" could be changed as early as 2021 but not sooner.

In November, Silver told ESPN's Mike and Mike (h/t Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy) why a change was in the league's best interest:

"I think something has to change. It's clearly not working for the college game. ... From our standpoint, if the players in that one year of college aren't getting the kind of development we like to see them get coming into the NBA, aren't playing in the NCAA Tournament, aren't competing against top-notch competition, I think we have to take a step back and figure out if we're better off taking those players at a younger age and working on their training and development full-time."
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[Clifton]

Wonderful. Here is the career outlook for 90% of players who can get drafted out of HS but are not Lebron:

>joins NBA at 18
>is James Wiseman-esque rotation player / two-way liability for 2 seasons
>is athletic marvel, until
>first serious injury at 20
>does absolutely nothing for team that drafts him
>joins new team in year 5
>is pretty good for a few years, except
>more injuries because the game moves too ****ing fast now
>career more or less over by age 29 because of all the miles

[Xiao Yao You]

About time. Let student athletes have the scholarships and those that just want to play basketball can do that.

[FultzNationRISE]

About time. Let student athletes have the scholarships and those that just want to play basketball can do that.

It was never about what’s “right” or what teenagers should or shouldnt be allowed to do.

It was about teams tripping over each other to draft Darius Miles and Michael Olawukambi to cash in on the next global superstar athlete a la MJ, and having it blow up on them time after time because nobody gave any consideration to maturity, skill set, work ethic etc. Individual teams couldnt restrain themselves from taking bad risks, so the league decided to just prohibit the practice.

Teams seem to have a better idea nowadays what kinda signs to look for in a prospect. Theyre not going to get burned as often. To your point tho, it probably happens to be the best approach for all parties involved at this point as well.

[Xiao Yao You]

It was never about what’s “right” or what teenagers should or shouldnt be allowed to do.

It was about teams tripping over each other to draft Darius Miles and Michael Olawukambi to cash in on the next global superstar athlete a la MJ, and having it blow up on them time after time because nobody gave any consideration to maturity, skill set, work ethic etc. Individual teams couldnt restrain themselves from taking bad risks, so the league decided to just prohibit the practice.

Teams seem to have a better idea nowadays what kinda signs to look for in a prospect. Theyre not going to get burned as often. To your point tho, it probably happens to be the best approach for all parties involved at this point as well.

They didn't like scouting high schools. They still take guys based on length and jumping ability not basketball ability. They didn't have the Gleague then either. Just because you draft a guy doesn't mean he should be playing right away. Olowankandi was a 3 year college player if I remember correctly. Darius was good. He got hurt

[tpols]

It was never about what’s “right” or what teenagers should or shouldnt be allowed to do.

It was about teams tripping over each other to draft Darius Miles and Michael Olawukambi to cash in on the next global superstar athlete a la MJ, and having it blow up on them time after time because nobody gave any consideration to maturity, skill set, work ethic etc. Individual teams couldnt restrain themselves from taking bad risks, so the league decided to just prohibit the practice.

Teams seem to have a better idea nowadays what kinda signs to look for in a prospect. Theyre not going to get burned as often. To your point tho, it probably happens to be the best approach for all parties involved at this point as well.

That's not why they did it lmao... They did it to protect that NCAA money. Same reason Stephen A Snitch was at them colleges. Stephen A... what was you doing at them colleges boy?

[FultzNationRISE]

That's not why they did it lmao... They did it to protect that NCAA money. Same reason Stephen A Snitch was at them colleges. Stephen A... what was you doing at them colleges boy?

The NBA was protecting money for the NCAA, instead of making it themsevles off these prospects?

Not too sure about that.

It’s like the dress code. They werent doing it for the players benefit, and they werent doing it for the benefit of Eddie Bauer and Tommy Hilfiger. Players were embarrassing the league with the way they were showing up to press conferences. So the league said “yeah we need to address this.”

The league was getting burned by young prospects who had proven nothing beyond high school getting huge contracts and not producing. So they required players to play at least one year at a level beyond high school. Nobody had to play for the NCAA. Some of them went to Europe. The league simply wanted more information before handing kids millions.

The league doesnt care about the NCAA’s money. It cares about its own.

[tpols]

The NBA was protecting money for the NCAA, instead of making it themsevles off these prospects?

Not too sure about that.

It’s like the dress code. They werent doing it for the players benefit, and they werent doing it for the benefit of Eddie Bauer and Tommy Hilfiger. Players were embarrassing the league with the way they were showing up to press conferences. So the league said “yeah we need to address this.”

The league was getting burned by young prospects who had proven nothing beyond high school getting huge contracts and not producing. So they required players to play at least one year at a level beyond high school. Nobody had to play for the NCAA. Some of them went to Europe. The league simply wanted more information before handing kids millions.

The league doesnt care about the NCAA’s money. It cares about its own.

The NBA wasn't solely in charge of that rule. ESPN, NCAA and a ton of networks and wealthy interests behind them made the NBA make that rule. Now the NBA is nearing a profit ceiling where they can tell them to suck our balls and Adam is proclaiming so accordingly.

[FultzNationRISE]

The NBA wasn't solely in charge of that rule. ESPN, NCAA and a ton of networks and wealthy interests behind them made the NBA make that rule. Now the NBA is nearing a profit ceiling where they can tell them to suck our balls and Adam is proclaiming so accordingly.


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