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Comment on Losing playoff spot by Brandon LaChance

Brandon LaChance — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:11 +0000

I agree. They could be the #5 seed, but they are not playing like they want it. They have had a focus problem all year. They have all the talent, but can’t seem to use it.

Comment on Losing playoff spot by armon

armon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:04 +0000

It’s looking more and more with each passing day like that number five seed you predicted won’t happen and if they keep this up, they may be watching all the playoffs from their living rooms

Comment on One and done should be one and done by Brandon LaChance

Brandon LaChance — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:55:40 +0000

Thanks for joining us Harvey. I agree, there are screw ups who have degrees. This isn’t only the NBA, it’s in every occupation in any industry. The NBA isn’t invisible to life. There are no guaranties in anything. There are no guaranties a wife/ husband will not cheat. There are no guaranties for a job after receiving college degrees. There is a chance though. Why not take a year and see where they rate on the college level before they jump to the league with the best players in the world. Everyone thinks they are the best at everything. The truth is, there is usually someone better.

Home training is beneficial of course. But street ball is not organized ball. Remember And 1. They all had home training. One person, Rafer “Skip to my Lou” Alston, is the only one to get an NBA contract.

Harvey, your right, it does come down to the quality of athletes. Again, why not see the individual’s product against others who will be in the same draft in the same league they will both ultimately play in.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by Harvey

Harvey — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:56:55 +0000

I don’t think there is any validity in requiring athletes to attend one year of college, or it’s equivalent, before playing pro basketball. The argument that somehow attending school for a year will remodel unruly (insert the word Black) youth into model NBA participants simply does not hold water. Neither does the argument that one year of college basketball will somehow make these raw talents into a better athletes. The truth is that there are just as many screw ups in pro basketball with degrees as there are without. I also think that the pro game is so radically different than the college game there is no guarantee that a successful college player will be successful in the pros. Ultimately it will always come down to the quality of the athletes, personally. There is no substitute for home training.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by Brandon LaChance

Brandon LaChance — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:57:04 +0000

Thank you for being a tax payer, me too!!! The scholarship given to the one and done student isn’t really wasted, it does get passed to the next player who gets a scholarship. The tax payers are helping the one and dones make a ton of money when they sign their NBA contracts. Probably more money then themselves, but that is how the sports world works.

I disagree with your last comment. There are plenty of people, my self included, who watch the NBA more than the NCAA. The talent is bigger, faster, stronger. There are college players who are never seen until they enter the NBA. Who in the Midwest or the East Coast knew who Taj Gibson was? Not many. They do now though.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by RushRocks

RushRocks — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:47:17 +0000

yeah, they are forgetting something here….I’m the taxpayer who pays for the scholarships for athletes. If they get a scholarship they should stay four years. Otherwise, they can pay tuition to play ball.

If the one and done rule continues, it will only encourage the 99.9% of high schoolers who can’t play NBA ball to leave high school early and then be helpless, dependant, losers on the streets.

Oh, and, your premise is wrong about the NBA….we could care less. Our college stars go on to the NBA and we never watch them again. I’ll forget John Wall’s name in a year.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by Brandon LaChance

Brandon LaChance — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:39:11 +0000

I do agree with you on the European contracts. The Brandon Jennings experiment will influence more players to do this. It is bad for the fans, because we don’t get to see the players. On the other hand, NBA scouts are in Europe. We might have to wait another year or a month to see them play but the scouts will know if they can play or not. The NBA will still find the talent.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by LukeRom

LukeRom — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:03:47 +0000

I too liked the idea of making a kid go to one year of school, even after such incidents as Sean Livingston suffering a severe career ending injury at such a young age. However, this new fad of going and playing two games in Europe and coming back and now being eligible negates everything. A kid out of high school just has to sign a contract with a European team, not even play in a game. Then he can be drafted. More loop holes will continue to evolve.

Comment on One and done should be one and done by An argument for the NBA’s one-and-done rule

An argument for the NBA’s one-and-done rule — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:01:59 +0000

[...] this often from anyone not named David Stern, but Brandon LaChance of BullsHome.com says that the NBA should keep its age-limit rule because it allows the NBA to get a better look at prospects. Let’s go point-by-point: The [...]

Comment on One and done should be one and done by Brandon LaChance

Brandon LaChance — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:46:34 +0000

True, the city of Oklahoma didn’t see Durant. Seattle’s management and scouts did, and they are now in Oklahoma City.