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Anthony Davis: What's his ceiling?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by bigpern23, Apr 3, 2012.

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How good will Anthony Davis be in the NBA?

  1. Bust

    2 vote(s)
    6.9%
  2. All-Star (2-3 appearances)

    8 vote(s)
    27.6%
  3. Perennial All-Star

    15 vote(s)
    51.7%
  4. Top 10 player

    3 vote(s)
    10.3%
  5. Hall of Famer

    1 vote(s)
    3.4%
  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I hate David Stern.

    But, David Stern does care about the college game. It's in the NBA's best interest to care about the college game.

    If you're David Stern, would you rather a NBA team with the No. 1 pick draft Kwame Brown, who very few people at the time had heard of at the time, or Anthony Davis, a player who is only a year older, but has proven himself for a year and is pretty well-known after leading his team to a title.

    When you're talking about players going straight to the NBA, the two types who are mentioned the most are the superstars and the busts. But the truth of the matter is the bulk of these guys become decent players about 3-5 years in when they're with their second teams.

    Look at Jermaine O'Neal when he was in Portland.
    Look at Tyson Chandler when he was in Chicago.
    Look at Al Jefferson's first two years in Boston.
    Look at Dorell Wright when he was in Miami.

    How's Shaun Livingston doing these days? Wasn't Robert Swift a lottery pick?

    The college game has gotten better. The NBA is better off as a result.
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    And even though there's a team perfectly willing to pay it out, the Derrick Roses and Anthony Davises and Kevin Durants of the world can get bent if they want that $3 million now, huh?
     
  3. printit

    printit Member

    I agree with you completely. That's what is really so maddening about the rule. I was hoping more kids would go the Brandon Jennings route, but so far that doesn't seem to be happening.
     
  4. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    So who gives a shit about the athlete.
     
  5. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    Saying staying in college is better or helps more is just nonsensical to me. It is a soft argument that assumes that the extra years in college are what put the player over the top. Nothing in college prepares you for being an NBA player. Nothing about going to college improves character. Nothing about going to college improves maturity.

    I have seen to many players improve themselves physically from April to June by just getting professional training to take seriously any argument suggesting college is a better place to prepare and grow as a player.
     
  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    The old argument is that Dean Smith made Michael Jordan into the player he was.

    Does anyone believe Jordan doesn't end up as the greatest player in history and the Bulls don't win six championships if he leaves after his freshman year?
     
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Wow, that's one to think about...

    I wonder where he would have been drafted. No. 4 after Dominique?
     
  8. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'd love to find the feature Sally Jenkins wrote on Kwame Brown during his rookie season. A year of college might not make you a significant better player, but I think a year or two away from home in between high school and the NBA would be a must. Not that a year or two of college makes you mature, but it makes you grow up a bit, at least to the extent that you know how to do things for yourself.
     
  9. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Here is a link to the Kwame story...

    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=32576
     
  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_education
     
  11. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    If it worked, more students would be doing it.
     
  12. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    If the D-League was a real thing, it'd be better for many players than college is. Minor league baseball and hockey are like real jobs and that is what some young people need for life experience, not fake college. But the NBA doesn't want to have to develop its own farm system.
     
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