Anthony Davis: What's his ceiling?

If not for his injuries Brandon Roy would be on that list.

 

See Marvin "The Eraser" Webster.

 

In an ideal world that would never exist, they should do it the MLB way. Be in the draft pool out of high school, but if you decide on college them you stay at least three years (excluding juco).

 

I don't think the requirement should be more than two years.

 

One is short enough so that even the very best players can keep the Bentley from the agent in the garage for a few months.

Make it two years and the coaches will have a much harder time keeping the NCAA at bay. Would be much more fun.

 

I don't know if anyone saw Davis on Kimmel last night...

He was definitely baited on a couple of the questions, but talking about the Bentley he was going to buy with his NBA money and how he didn't think he should have to go to class anymore... Not that anything was a great surprise, but it was pretty cringe-worthy.

 

How would a star athlete "learn to do things for himself" by having his every whim catered to?

 

No offense, but did you post this as a joke? This Wikipedia post is talking about elementary and secondary education, not college. Also, even those (few) who would argue for a "right" to college would not argue for "mandatory" college for anyone, which is what you are forcing basketball players to do. Also, the "right to work" is much more enshrined in law and policy than the so-called "right to (college) education".
Facts are facts. This is collusion. If exists because it has not been worth anyone's time or money to challenge it. That makes it clever collusion. It does not make it right. I'm really sorry that college basketball will never again be what it was in the 1980s. Get over it.

 

You are one that assumed I was talking about college when I typed a free public education.

I guess it's collusion that teachers are not allowed to be hired with passing the Praxis exam or a person to practice law without passing the Bar Exam.

 

Here we go with your ridiculous comparisons to try to save face.

There is no educational requirement to play in the NBA, just some bullshit age restriction. So once again your comparisons are out in left field.

What does the right to a free public high school education have to do with going to the NBA? Of course anybody would assume you are talking about college, since that is what the whole thread is about.

 

Nobody has the right to play in the NBA. They are a private business and can make their own rules. And the age restriction is not bullshit. it's a step in the right direction, IMHO.

 

I agree completely. The NBA knows it's in its best interest to require players to wait a year or two before entering the NBA. If they choose to do that somewhere other than college, that's up to them.