Azura Stevens Leaving

[oldude]

The money in the NBA is way to much to expect that. It is unrealistic to expect top tier players to miss out on incredible income opportunities. You can always go back for your education if you want to.

But the point is that the NBA controls that decision. The league moved the age limit to 19 to eliminate eligibility for HS kids. They could move it to 22 to eliminate one and dones, while insuring a lot more MBB players earn a college degree.

 

[ScarlettB]

Who would you have benched in order to start Z and why?
KLS? Gabby? Kia? Crystal Dangerfield? Pheesa?
I'm not trying to be obnoxious here, and you may well be right. But I do think we ought to understand who we would have had to subtract in order to add Z to the starting line-up. And since Geno believes that subs should change the dynamics when they come in, how would that have changed if the sub was someone else?

I would have started Z in place of Dangerfield in the game against ND. She would have given me more height and help against Sheppard. I might have even been able to get her to foul out. Doing so would probably have helped to increase the rebound margin as well. I could then have used Dangerfield as my first off the bench to spell Samuelson and Nurse. Z had 19 points in 30 minutes, Dangerfield had 8 in 30 minutes. I think Z is/was more productive in that game. Even if I hadn't started Z in the ND game, I certainly would have played her more once I saw how productive she was being. As for the entire season, I would start people based on the match ups and on who was being the most productive.

 

[Zanzman]

What’s the difference in graduating high school and going to pump gas or flip burgers and going to the nba they are all jobs. I wish there a better system that would tell the average kid they are not ready for the pro game from high school

 

[oldude]

What’s the difference in graduating high school and going to pump gas or flip burgers and going to the nba they are all jobs. I wish there a better system that would tell the average kid they are not ready for the pro game from high school

The NBA minimum salary is $1.3 million for a 1st year player. That’s just a bit more than you can make flipping burgers at Mickey D’s...

 

[wallman]

Guys get to choose if they’re 19 and over. I’m suggesting the NBA let them choose once they’re 22.

If they don’t want to go to college, they can play overseas like the younger 2 Ball brothers, or they can opt to play in the D-league, like the top recruit for Syracuse who recently decommitted.

I totally get your point and I am just being devils advocate. When a foreign player can come into our league before our own players it just seems wrong.

 

[willtalk]

I gave a hint in my last post, but I suppose it was not obvious enough. One of the reasons that players put/subject themselves to Geno's program and hands is that he is able to get the best out of them. To do that he has to recognize and push them to their POTENTIAL.It seems to me that Geno and Stevens were not on the same page as to where each felt the program could take her or the necessary means to do so. It seems obvious that either Stevens did not recognize what her actual potential was or she was just satisfied at the level she was at now. Geno obviously had an objective for her to reach within her time at Uconn and that was not progressing along to his liking. He expressed a sense of frustration about that earlier this season. That was a key red flag to how this was going to end and if I could see that I am sure Geno also saw the handwriting on the wall. His silence speaks to that. And unlike her last school, she is certainly smart enough not to say anything negative about the most successful coach in the business.

 

[oldude]

I totally get your point and I am just being devils advocate. When a foreign player can come into our league before our own players it just seems wrong.

There is no age difference for international players. They also have to be 19. The difference for international players is that they do not have to be 1 year removed from HS, like U.S. players. This addresses the fact that different countries can have much different systems and age requirements for Primary Education.

 

[wallman]

There is no age difference for international players. They also have to be 19. The difference for international players is that they do not have to be 1 year removed from HS, like U.S. players. This addresses the fact that different countries can have much different systems and age requirements for Primary Education.

Actually I think the foreign players who don't go to college in the US can be younger. Plus Zandalazini is an example of a player who never went through the draft. Just talking female players here.

 

[oldude]

Actually I think the foreign players who don't go to college in the US can be younger. Plus Zandalazini is an example of a player who never went through the draft. Just talking female players here.

I was talking about the men. As for the women, you are correct. You can be 20, or two years younger than American players, if you’re an international player. That hasn’t been a significant issue to date, but with the continued development of WBB internationally, it certainly could become a problem.

 

[wallman]

I was talking about the men. As for the women, you are correct. You can be 20, or two years younger than American players, if you’re an international player. That hasn’t been a significant issue to date, but with the continued development of WBB internationally, it certainly could become a problem.

Thanks, I hear ya.

 

[willtalk]

Players in the USA do not have a professional league other than the WNBA to play in. Those leagues are the equivalent of college experience here. I seriously doubt that any high school player could make the talent grade to play in the WNBA right out of school. There are multiple lesser leagues in Europe and the rest of the World where elite younger players can compete. It is sort of akin to when each Major league baseball team had about 5 levels of farm teams that was spread out in almost every city in the USA . The USA has trouble enough supporting the WNBA and could certainly not support any women's minor league team. College is basically the only available option for certain sports after high school.

 

[UConnNick]

But the point is that the NBA controls that decision. The league moved the age limit to 19 to eliminate eligibility for HS kids. They could move it to 22 to eliminate one and dones, while insuring a lot more MBB players earn a college degree.

I'm afraid the NBA's least important goal is to assure that student-athletes earn their degrees. That's at the bottom of their list of priorities.

They are, however, revisiting the one-and-done rule. They're leaning toward establishing some kind of orientation program for HS seniors, and going back to taking players right out of HS that don't have any interest in going to college.

 

[Waquoit]

But the point is that the NBA controls that decision. The league moved the age limit to 19 to eliminate eligibility for HS kids. They could move it to 22 to eliminate one and dones, while insuring a lot more MBB players earn a college degree.

The age not a simple decree by the NBA. It's a result of collective bargaining the league and the union.

 

[oldude]

The age not a simple decree by the NBA. It's a result of collective bargaining the league and the union.

Correct, but I can’t imagine that the Player’s Union wouldn’t support an increase in the eligibility age, as it would serve to protect the jobs of veteran players already in the Union.