College or NBA
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Who wants to argue against the big-time, flash and clash of the NBA spotlight? Marty Blake, the scouting director for the NBA, stated that, "No high school player belongs in the National Basketball Association." A lot of other NBA personnel feel that any kid out of high school will not have the body type and psychological strength needs for the night-in, night-out physical and mental pounding of the professional players. A college coach is used to helping high school boys turn into men, and the college coaches' have resources in place that NBA teams just don't bother with, including supportive assistants whose whole job is to help the kids get adjusted to the grueling grind and pain of college, and in theory, "the real world." There is something to be said for the actual education college players receive. A player, if injured after a year or two playing on the NBA has nothing to fall back on.
Every year only about two or three players do well when coming to the NBA right out of high school. During the 2001 NBA draft, there were five high school basketball players that were in the top seven picks, and only three of them still play in the NBA. Currently they are not performing as well as they were expected to perform. One player, Kwame Brown, a six foot eleven inch player out of high school, plays for the Washington Wizards and was the overall number one pick in the 2001 NBA draft...