I feel like college basketball is just another step closer to irrelevancy 
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Kelsey is unashamedly desperate to elevate himself out of the hobbit zone."Zero means zero" - Mark Stoops from the Pitino table at Porcini's while gnawing on the greasy leg of a pornish hen. -
So a highly ranked college basketball team on the hunt for a championship is on the verge until one maye two of it's players gets called up??
This some of the dumbest ideology i ever heard.
Leave college basketball alone. It's already been screwed up enough..Comment
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Obviously I didn't get the memo, London Johnson to Louisville, Cam Reddish potentially next??
I'f that's the case, Pandora box completely wide open.
How many ex UK one and done players have college eligibility left??
Last edited by KentuckyWild2020; 10-23-2025, 01:46 AM.Comment
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Since college players make more money now than some G league players you will see a huge influx of this in the future IMO. In essence college basketball will become the new g league. Interesting question that WILL happen. NBA ream has a rash of injuries. decides to offer a contract to g league player in middle of college season, how will fans and schools react to that when he leaves possible derailing a promising season.
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No issues.
I've always thought it was ridiculous that you couldn't test the draft and come back if a) didn't like where you were drafted and, especially, b) if you weren't drafted.
Getting a kid from the G League is no different than having Jelavic or Big Z. Same concept.
Why would we not let Americans kids do what European kids can do?
I don't even know why the NBA requires these folks to "declare" for the draft.
They should look at what's out there and draft who they think can add value to their team.
I remember Larry Bird being drafted in '78(?) and coming back to play in the NCAA Championship game the next year '79.
When did they create the stupid rule about declaring for the draft. It was a stupid rule when they made it and it's a stupid rule now."How dare you hold me to a standard!"
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From ChatGPT (above)- In the 1970s the NBA didn’t require underclassmen to “declare.” You were draft-eligible if your original college class had graduated—even if you still had NCAA eligibility left.
- Larry Bird started college in 1974 (briefly at Indiana, then to Indiana State after a year away), so his original class was the Class of 1978. That made him eligible for the 1978 NBA Draft even though he was only a junior on the court at Indiana State.
- Boston took him 6th overall in 1978 and, under the rules then, held his exclusive rights for one year while he finished the 1978–79 season in college. If he hadn’t signed by the next draft, he would’ve re-entered the 1979 draft pool.
- The Celtics signed him in June 1979 to a record rookie deal, just before that deadline. The league later closed the “Bird loophole” so teams couldn’t stash an underclassman for a year without a formal early-entry process.
So: he didn’t need to declare; his graduating class made him eligible, Boston used the one-year hold rule, and then signed him.
From me (below)
Maybe they need to change the rules again.
For NBA:
1. No Declaration
2. Eligible after end of College Frosh Season
3. Drafting team retains rights of drafted players for two/three years.
NBA would need to revamp their contracts rules and provisions for those who do not sign or who fail and go back to college or who need to go back for seasoning.
For College:
1. If they aren't drafted, they can play.
2. If they're drafted and don't sign, they can play.
3. If they have eligibility, they can come back and play even if they are drafted and sign. (for those who did it and aren't ready)
4. If you are in the NBA for more than 30 Months (or some other specified time-frame), eligibility expires.
How many of us have gone back to school or training after we've begun our professional journey? I've been a life long learner and only recently turned all of that into a Kollege DeGree."How dare you hold me to a standard!"
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I've wondered how long until there was an in season "draft" or "trade" session. I figured it was coming.
Why not?
The NBA does it.
The NFL has it.
I'm sure MLB and MLH has it. Though, I don't pay much attention to those sports.
It's about time.
Real world training. Real world learning.
"How dare you hold me to a standard!"
~ American Football CoachesComment
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I don't really care, everyone is getting paid now anyways. Not directed at anyone here, but I find it funny that the last decade people have complained how college bball is too young, filled with one n dones who lack the basic skills due to AAU ball. Now we have men coming in with the skills, and I see people saying but what about high school kids!Comment
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This will be short lived as players will stop going to the G league and move around in college. If you are a fringe NBA talent, you might leave a team like Oh State, Penn State, Auburn or bama and go to a Duke, St Johns, UK, Uconn to get some $$. Then after finishing your college career if you are still fringe go to G League or overseas.Proverbs 25:24Comment
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Some of these guys will pan out. Some won't.
The G League is on it's last legs."How dare you hold me to a standard!"
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