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  1. LTLakerFan

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    LTLakerFan, Mar 5, 2018
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    Lavar Ball approves of this message...?
     
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    I'm not sure how I feel about this yet.
     
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    GOOD NEWS. Maybe an extended farm system in the G League where 16 year olds can hone their skills before moving to the NBA. Hopefully this kills the farce that is the NCAAB.
     
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    Who's graduating at 16 when all they know how to do is dribble?

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    No. Having your crazy a** stage father pull you out of HS because the coach didn't want you jacking up 36 40 footers each game is NOT the same as graduating. But I see where you're going with that. LaVar will go out of his gourd with EVERY coach that doesn't let his boy do just what LaVar wants his boy to be able to do out there. G-League here we come. Stay far away Lakers.
     
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    Hell LaVar will spin this .... you know he will .... as the new LaMelo rule. They changed back to having high schoolers eligible just so the league could bring Melo in early.

    Half serious here but maybe 100% serious much as that hurts :Crazyartest: ..... the NBA has to require HS diplomas. Melo has to spend the time now getting his G.E.D. Can't have kids dropping out of HS to get into the NBA. Get after it with your home schooling for real now LaVar. For english .... hire a tutor. Maybe best you just have tutors do everything with your boy.
     
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    long overdue, imo. let the ncaa rot. they've had years to figure out compensation structures for their athletes (and let's face it: at big programs, you can drop the "student" part), and they acted out of greed instead of the best interest of all parties involved. the nba is the power broker here, and they need to assert their will. they don't care about education; they care about making better basketball players (thus improving their product).

    universities can live without college basketball revenue, particularly given the operating costs of high-end basketball programs, and the nba can live without using the ncaa as a farm system, as they have their own. i'd like to see 18 year olds in the g-league, making a living wage and able to sign with agents and endorse products. the nba should provide players of their choosing with pro bono legal representation as well.

    let calipari and company work with actual student athletes.
     
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    Zion is coming...
     
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    Agreed. Although I do think many schools would take a hit from this as management shuffles money around. There will be colleges (a few high profile ones even) who will claim that this cuts into their business too much and they'll shut programs down.

    Still, this is good news. It also could effectively kill BBB's proposed-but-unlikely-to-ever-see-the-light-of-day league.
     
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    "Still, this is good news. It also could effectively kill BBB's proposed-but-unlikely-to-ever-see-the-light-of-day league."''

    One of the first things I thought of as well. One less arena in which I have to see him come up in my sports media awareness. Less LaVar anywhere and everywhere is a GOOD thing.
     
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    His boys will All play for the Lakers....

    Might be South Bay Lakers tho
     
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    You can skip years ahead if willing to do the work.
     
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    The point is that's all these guys know how to do.

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