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Message: [QUOTE="WhereistheDove?, post: 3924929, member: 1109"] IMO, this is a terrible idea. This would incentivize coaches to act against the player's best interest. Take a Bouknight situation for example. If Hurley is hearing what the vast majority of observers expect (that Bouknight will be a lottery pick), he should and almost certainly will be telling Bouknight to go to the NBA. In a world in which the coach is getting punished above and beyond losing a star player, there is even more incentive not to look out for the player's best interest. The reality is right now that there is not a good developmental alternative outside of those top few players who are basically ready to jump to the NBA straight from high school, so there will still be a need for players like Bouknight to stay for a couple of years and then leave. [/QUOTE]