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Message: [QUOTE="bmayuc, post: 2916908, member: 493"] 1. Daniels came out 4 years ago(more?), before the explosion of NBA 3&D, Pace&Space, etc really took off. Also, he was an upperclassmen, and in fact you could argue that as a top 20 high school recruit, going to college actually decreased his NBA stock because he was exposed as pretty soft, questionable motor, no handle, etc. 2. DeAndre is making more $$ every year playing basketball and traveling the world than you or I are, so I'd say it worked out pretty good for him. 3. No 18-19 year old not named LeBron James is "ready" for the NBA. This is not about that. Its about what is the path that this kid wants to travel to A) Live the life he wants to live and B)Maximize his game and his C)Maximize his earning power. 4) Yes, that was then and this is now. 5) "Want to take every opportunity to maximize my chance" - There is no real proof that going to college advances this. Arguably, it would be better and more lucrative to take the leap now. Maybe the kid wants to train 50 hours/week now to be the best player he can be, rather than take 20 hours of classes and have strict NCAA limitations on the quantity of practice that he can take. Just demonstrating how so many of us premise our opinions of kids decisions from the assumption that going to college is "better" for them, and really we have to ask ourselves... Is that the case, really? **With that being said, Hey Akok come to UConn please** [/QUOTE]