Is Jeremy Lin the most educated player ever in the NBA?

[Jon_Koncak]

Roger Mason JR is an architect and has built his own house.Architecture degree>>>>>>>>some economic degree

[(e)]

Define educated. There are various people who are incredibly brilliant and well-read yet have little to no former education whatsoever. William Faulkner for example, one of the greatest American writers of all time, won multiple pulitizers and nobel prizes in literature yet never got past the 10th grade.

If your speaking about formerly educated NBA players than that too can be relative and subjective since formal education depends on the number of degrees earned, and most NBA players leave college without their diploma, something I'm not sure if Lin did or not. Either way from the number of years he spent in college the most he could have would be a B.A, which from harvard is commendable but not as advanced as a Masters degree that other NBA players may have earned.

Then yes there would be a player who is more educated than Lin, any player with his Masters would technically be more formally educated.

This is a load of bullshit. A BA from Havard is going to get you further than a Masters from a lot of other universities in the United States.

In my case (finance), a Masters really won't do a damn thing for you, unless it's from a place like Harvard.

[WeGetRing2012]

Just of the top of my head

David Robinson

Robinson scored a 1320 on the SAT, and he chose to go to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he majored in mathematics

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And Kareem and Hakeem Olajuwon

[noob cake]

Just of the top of my head

David Robinson

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And Kareem and Hakeem Olajuwon

Good score but not impressive. You need a 1500/1600+ to be competitive for a top private school without a hook.

[IGOTGAME]

Emeka Okafor pulled a 3.8 in Finance from UCONN. That is pretty tough.

Matt Bonner pulled a 3.96 in business from Florida. Another good school.

It comes down to what you think is more impressive, actually getting into Harvard at 17 or actually excelling at a high level.

Right now, employers are mixed...especially in my field.The 3.96 would be the most impressive thought. Top kids from state schools beat out Harvard grads all the time in similar situations. Top 10% at good state school vs. bottom 25% at Ivy...seems top 10% usually places better.

[WillC]

Bill Bradley.

He went to the same University as me (Oxford) on a Rhodes Scholarship.

[Balla_Status]

Talk about overrating Harvard.

[rodman91]

Lin might be educated in economics. But Grant Hill show signs of being an educated person.

[HighFlyer23]

pau gasol got accepted to med school apparently

med school > all

same with this scrub

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Henderson

[Hammertime]

Kiki Vandeweghe's dad Ernie actually went to med school. That's why he quit the NBA at 25. He became an Army doctor later, married a Miss USA and had a son who was an NBA All-Star and a coach.

[get these NETS]

Good score but not impressive. You need a 1500/1600+ to be competitive for a top private school without a hook.

grading and difficulty of the SAT has changed at least twice since Admiral took the test.


That score probably put him in as high a percentile as a higher score taken by student from 15, 10 or 5 years ago.


When people were discussing George W. Bush's scores....this was never brought up.

Shaq had a book where he was (fake) praising Kobe..and he brought up the fact that Kobe's SAT score was higher than Chris Dudley's...and nobody pointed out to him that you can't compare test score from 96 to early to mid 80s


people are only aware of 3 ivy league schools but couple of players from penn have gone into the league....and actor duane martin (white men can't jump, above the rim) was a star player at columbia and was cut in camp by the Knicks


stanford is one of the top schools in the country, top ranked academics division 1 sports best of both worlds


duke...??? safety school

[Bigsmoke]

i heard emeka okafor is smart

[heyhey]

Talk about overrating Harvard.

Getting into Harvard prolly one of the hardest thing to do statistically speaking when it comes to education.

And unlike Stanford Harvard doesn't even give athletic scholarships

[gyu]

Pretty sure Dr. J had a doctorate degree is medicine or something.

I think Shaq has his doctorate, I wonder how much he paid for that

[FireDavidKahn]

he was a really student in high school. Had a 4.2. Not sure if it was weighted or not though.

Guy is smart though, you can tell by how he handles the media. Very composed.

How do you get above an A+ in high school? Or is an A+ more than a 4.0 in California?