VTIME Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 A lot of the high school guys are graduating at 19 anyway these days. All this will do is have more kids reclassify themselves in high school if they want to go pro. Or we'll see more of them go to prep school. If a kid doesnt want to go to college, he's just not going to go. It wont change anything. This stereotype that high school draftees arent ready to play may have been true at one time, but if you look at the 8 guys who went in the first round last year. Dwight Howard, Shaun Livingston, JR Smith, Josh Smith, and Sebastian Telfair were all starters. Al Jefferson was second team all-rookie and a key reserve for the Celtics who will start next year. Only Dorell Wright and Robert Swift didnt get to play and they were both on very good teams with better players ahead of them. Analyst always say dont draft a high schooler, because you'll have to wait on them. You have to wait on a lot of college players too. There are busts that come out of college, just like there are foreigners and high schoolers that are busts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Latsch Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I agree with you (shocking, I know) that the age limit won't change college much. Kids can't reclassify in most high schools without sitting out the senior year. You can repeat eighth grade, which more kids are starting to do these days, or you can go to a prep school and reclassify like Brandon Rush did at Mount Zion. I really think that prep schools will be more affected by this than colleges or the NBA. How many kids with NBA aspirations will go to places like Oak Hill Academy and Hargrave and Mount Zion and South Kent (Conn.) after graduating from high school rather than going to college for a year? Some kids can't make the grades to qualify to play as freshmen and will naturally head to prep schools. Other kids who are set on the draft would probably rather dominant high schoolers as a fifth-year prep schoolers than struggle against better competition for one year as a freshman in college. The biggest winner in this deal may be Ohio State or Indiana or whatever school lands Greg Oden next year. O.J. Mayo is old for his class because he reclassifed when he was younger and will be able to go right to the NBA out of high school. - Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Latsch Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...7/1057/SPORTS02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTIME Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Nice to get some respect around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naticat Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 says different in regards to Mayo. "O.J. Mayo: Mayo, a 6-6 point guard, is the LeBron James of the class of 2007 -- so clearly above his peers that there hasn't been a serious challenger to his throne since he was in eighth grade. Mayo, who will be 19 when he graduates from North College Hill (Ohio) High outside Cincinnati, surely won't want to turn 20 in prep school. Which means he has two choices: Start considering a college, or spend this summer reclassifying himself for the class of 2006. Bob Huggins: The Cincinnati coach has been undermined by president Nancy Zimpher, who has limited his contract through the 2006-07 season -- but our guess is Huggins will land Mayo for 2007-08. And if Huggins lands Mayo, Zimpher will be fired before Bob Huggins." Full story can be found here http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8586708 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Latsch Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks for the link. Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban were on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday afternoon talking about this. Hewitt brought up the point about prep schools and how he hoped high schoolers wouldn't go the prep school route to maintain their draft stock, instead of going to college for a year. Cuban said he doubts that the NBA even considered that kind of scenario and planned to talk to the league about making the rule that players had to be one year out of high school or one year after finishing up prep school. It will be interesting to see how that unfolds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 frank had a cincy radio guy on the air yesterday and he said the univ of cincy money guys have all but demanded that hugs stays and supposedly the pres has backed down. apparently before the season starts, hugs will actually sign a lifetime contract of sorts to stay at cincy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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