Is Tobias Harris a one and done player

#26
#26
The one year rule is pointless. If the NCAA were serious about academics at all, like they pretend to be, they would make a rule similar to football. One year of a guy playing basketball and barely passing his classes is a joke. And a lot of basketball schools can't rely on other sports to help out revenue wise so they profit quite a bit on that player.

Personally I don't think there was a need for the one year rule. If a guy thinks he's good enough to go pro out of high school, let him. If he made a bad decision, oh well. He should have considered his options more carefully.
 
#27
#27
bigorangeman47 said:
i really hope i am wrong, but my gut feeling is i think he splits after this year.
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That's good for us, if he's a first-rounder. It would hurt us in 2011-12, but the long-term benefit would be more important.

We need someone to take away the "UT can't get anyone drafted" stigma.
 
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VolinMichigan said:
The one year rule is pointless. If the NCAA were serious about academics at all, like they pretend to be, they would make a rule similar to football. One year of a guy playing basketball and barely passing his classes is a joke. And a lot of basketball schools can't rely on other sports to help out revenue wise so they profit quite a bit on that player.

Personally I don't think there was a need for the one year rule. If a guy thinks he's good enough to go pro out of high school, let him. If he made a bad decision, oh well. He should have considered his options more carefully.
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The baseball rule is the one you hear touted most often these days, where you are free to join the professional ranks out of highschool but must stay in school for 3 years if you opt for college.
 
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cotton said:
Why would you guys deprive guys like Demarcus Cousins, Xavier Henry, and Kevin Durant of that meaningful semester of higher education that the current rules force them to pretend to get?
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My favorite argument is that it's good for the players to be "exposed to higher education." I didn't realize there was a rule saying playing in the NBA barred you from a college campus. I doubt Central Florida would deny Dwight Howard admission if he applied to take classes. The schools should be honest and say it's good for the players to be "around to help us fill our arenas and sell mechandise."
 
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hatvol96 said:
My favorite argument is that it's good for the players to be "exposed to higher education." I didn't realize there was a rule saying playing in the NBA barred you from a college campus. I doubt Central Florida would deny Dwight Howard admission if he applied to take classes. The schools should be honest and say it's good for the players to be "around to help us fill our arenas and sell mechandise."
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I'm sure John Wall benefited just as much from his 6 months in Lexington as UK. His Intro to Soc and General Studies classes will help him immensely once that silly basketball deal is over.
 
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cotton said:
I'm sure John Wall benefited just as much from his 6 months in Lexington as UK. His Intro to Soc and General Studies classes will help him immensely once that silly basketball deal is over.
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My favorite example is OJ Mayo. He did all the things the suits in Indianapolis love to wax poetic about when they are perpetuating the "Student-Athlete" nonsense. Went to class religiously, made satisfactory academic progress under the APR guidelines, did community service, was a good interview for the media, etc. However, his tenure at USC ended up being a complete diasaster because he was only there because he had to be.
 
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cotton said:
The baseball rule is the one you hear touted most often these days, where you are free to join the professional ranks out of highschool but must stay in school for 3 years if you opt for college.
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I believe that should be the rule for basketball too.

The one and done rule is idiotic.

Either be somewhat serious about school or go get paid.
 
#34
#34
I think a poll asking all current NBA players their thoughts on the one and done rule might provide a working solution. Then again, greed would somehow become a factor and sway players' answers.
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#35
#35
Harris will be here 3 years he's a tweener in the league right now
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#37
#37
Re: Harris, let's see how things are at the end of the year.

Re: the 19 y/o rule, it's totally asinine. Every year there are typically a handful of kids coming out of HS who are ready for the NBA. Not letting them get their paycheck is terrible. I am hoping to see the trend of players going to Europe for a year continue.
 
#38
#38
VOL-N-OK said:
Harris will be here 3 years he's a tweener in the league right now
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Not sure why you consider him being a "tweener" a negative. He has the height to be a power forward and enough quickness to not be a big defensive liability on a small forward. His main issue right now is size (strength)... The likelihood of a lock out will most likely keep him and Hopson here another year before they make the jump.
 
#39
#39
For the long term future of the program it really would help us more if he was one and done and became an NBA star in relatively short order. Of course for next year only, it would help us more if he came back. Of course if his coming back led to a final four birth or more....then that might be as good or better for the program long term than one and done. Either way, its a bit too early for these type of discussions. We won't know his true prospects for draft status for a couple of months yet.
 
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#42
supersmo18 said:
I think for the player's benefit, they should be required to do 3 years just like in football. It would at least make the leagues more competitive. :)
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I agree...I think a kid should at least get some education out of it in case something happens and they are not able to live that NBA dream....3 years minimum :rock:
 
#43
#43
if a player wants to go straight to the nba from HS, let him do that...if he decides to go to college, he should have to stay 3 years at most
 
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#45
Domestic Silence said:
You can go after one year because players have shown (even straight out of HS) that they can compete...

Not many players could come out of HS, or 1 year in college, and go to the NFL and succeed. Many would get hurt immediately.

It's smart on both League's how they have it.
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+1
 
#48
#48
Who cares about the NBA anyway? I've never been so bored at a sporting event in all my life as I was at an NBA game.
 
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