How does playing against college scrubs help you become a better player in the NBA?

[Nash]

Get these guys outta there ASAP. They need to work on their talent and develop it against the best, not against amateurs.

In sports the age between 18-20 is the most important one in shaping their future. Spending that time playing against super mega scrubs in college doesn't benefit you at all.

[Akrazotile]

Get these guys outta there ASAP.

If these guys are really as good as theyre all supposedly cracked up to be, hopefully someone can find a way to get them added to the Heat.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Get these guys outta there ASAP. They need to work on their talent and develop it against the best, not against amateurs.

In sports the age between 18-20 is the most important one in shaping their future. Spending that time playing against super mega scrubs in college doesn't benefit you at all.

would agree but in basketball unlike other sports, its really important to work in the Gym on certain skills and in game practice is not as important as in other sports at a very early age

[Doranku]

Pretty sure that spending time in college certainly helps you mature before being thrown into the NBA lifestyle.

[fpliii]

Some coaches are teachers, familiar with the game at the next level, who spend a lot of time grooming their best players into pros. Weaker competition obviously, but it lets you develop your skillset and playstyle for the NBA. Problem is, if you're only sticking around for one year, it's really tough for your coaches to make an impression.

[inclinerator]

mark cuban said join the dleague, i disagree watch the documentary on lin, it's about every1 getting their own.
i would say play overseas or something

[jzek]

It doesn't.

Cuban made a great point a few days ago. If you're young and you have NBA on your sights, you'd be better off playing in the D-League than the NCAA.

Someone find that Cuban interview please!

[Dbrog]

Pretty sure that spending time in college certainly helps you mature before being thrown into the NBA lifestyle.

This. Also college coaches don't let you iso for the whole game. It teaches you to actually be a team and how to play offball.

[inclinerator]

It doesn't.

Cuban made a great point a few days ago. If you're young and you have NBA on your sights, you'd be better off playing in the D-League than the NCAA.

Someone find that Cuban interview please!

d league is probably worse than ncaa for development lol

[TheReal Kendall]

Cuban interview:

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/...er-option-ncaa

I'm kinda torn between the 2. It really depends on the player and their mental state

[NumberSix]

It doesn't. What it does though, is if a guy plays in college for 4 years, it's more obvious which guys are good. If guys had 4 years of college play to evaluate, you wouldn't see as many bad draft choices. Teams are currently drafting blindly.

[Nash]

would agree but in basketball unlike other sports, its really important to work in the Gym on certain skills and in game practice is not as important as in other sports at a very early age

Sure, but that opportunity is available in the NBA as well.

What college can't offer is the pros you get to train with and against every day, the competitors you get to face 82 times a season, the veterans that will teach you everything they've learned.

College can't offer you anything to prepare you for the higher level. Nothing, absolutely nothing.

In soccer for example, players leave their youth teams at 18 and either get to train with the pros every day in the first team or get sent out on loan to another team to gain top level experience.

You learn by doing and experiencing, not being stuck in your own bubble by playing against scrubs your age imagining what the NBA is like.

[TheReal Kendall]

It doesn't. What it does though, is if a guy plays in college for 4 years, it's more obvious which guys are good. If guys had 4 years of college play to evaluate, you wouldn't see as many bad draft choices. Teams are currently drafting blindly.

True.

[DonDadda59]

Before the era of one and done, staying in college was generally greatly beneficial (especially for guys like Dream, Timmy, Embiid who didn't start balling until their mid-late teens). Coming into the league weak and raw was a recipe for disaster. You can get away with it now though.

[Nash]

It doesn't. What it does though, is if a guy plays in college for 4 years, it's more obvious which guys are good. If guys had 4 years of college, you wouldn't see any many bad draft choices. Teams are currently drafting blindly.

That is such a bad excuse though. There are scouts and GMs that are paid a lot of money to discover talent. Their job is to notice the talent at an early age and groom them within the team.