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Message: [QUOTE="Tufkas, post: 4967859"] Always the only decision, of course. However, the NBA game is the virtual antithesis of UConn. It's a business, selling star product to generate revenue. It's about individuals, not teams (with rare exceptions). Gotta get those "Top 10's" on Sports Center. No more in evidence than the outstanding ESPN documentary on Bill Walton, "The Luckiest Man in the World," specifically his last years in Portland. For me, the NBA product is virtually unwatchable. Skip three quarters, watch the last 5 minutes, call it a day. At least from my background, growing up with the Frazier-Reed championship Knicks, present in MSG for the entire Jordan Bulls vs the Ewing Knicks series. College, though, is a sort of idyllic environment, playing more for the love of the game, surrounded by peers on campus, shared experience in the classroom, away from the court. Competing priorities in pursuit of a degree (or at least academic qualification) in addition to a national championship. Sort of a last shot at it, before it all gets [I][B]real[/B][/I]. Hopefull a long, healthy career, offering everything he's ever dreamed. But, also, no shade for those who exhaust their college eligibility for turning pro either. [/QUOTE]