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TripleGreen · 04-03-2008, 04:13 PM

With the new NBA rules forcing players to attend college (a rule which might increase to a minimum of 2 years in the near future) good teams that are able to recruit the susperstar high schoolers (even if its just for a year or two) are going to be at HUGE advantage over the teams that do not have the services of a likely future NBA All Star.

Just think if this year's MSU team had a talent like LeBron James or Kobe Bryant or Dwight Howard or Kevin Garnett. Even if its for just a single season, that caliber of player would make a big difference for any ol' team and they would make an enormous difference for a team that's already good. Just look at the impacts of Derrick Rose and Kevin Love. The above perennial NBA All-Stars would have been forced to attend some college program out there if the current rules applied back then.

Why not MSU?

Would you rather these kinds of super recruits start heading to Duke or Carolina or Memphis or UCLA every other year? I know I don't.

04-03-2008, 04:13 PM	#18 (permalink)
TripleGreen 5,000+ posts Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the golf course Posts: 9,331	With the new NBA rules forcing players to attend college (a rule which might increase to a minimum of 2 years in the near future) good teams that are able to recruit the susperstar high schoolers (even if its just for a year or two) are going to be at HUGE advantage over the teams that do not have the services of a likely future NBA All Star. Just think if this year's MSU team had a talent like LeBron James or Kobe Bryant or Dwight Howard or Kevin Garnett. Even if its for just a single season, that caliber of player would make a big difference for any ol' team and they would make an enormous difference for a team that's already good. Just look at the impacts of Derrick Rose and Kevin Love. The above perennial NBA All-Stars would have been forced to attend some college program out there if the current rules applied back then. Why not MSU? Would you rather these kinds of super recruits start heading to Duke or Carolina or Memphis or UCLA every other year? I know I don't. __________________ MEMBER OF THE TOM IZZO FAN CLUB *"I want utopia. I want my players to want utopia.* *And you can bet we're going to work toward that."* Last edited by TripleGreen; 04-03-2008 at 04:17 PM.