OT: Bazley decommits from 'Cuse, goes to G-League

[djct1999]

But what about that free education Syracuse was going to provide? I am reminded by many that to these kids that has a face value of 50k a year. Great response and hard to fault the kid.

 

[freescooter]

Screw the NBA. Let kids get drafted out of high school if they want to be and let them play if they are capable. Otherwise send them to the G to develop. The whole one year out of high school thing was developed
not to protect kids but to protect older players. The Union was concerned that older members would lose out to young kids that teams would draft who would take lower salaries and fill end of bench slots as they developed replacing older guys at the ends of their careers. But I say screw that. Let teams take who they want to take.

 

[fatlucy]

G-League teams only have two players each whose rights are owned by NBA teams. The rest of the roster are free agents, I believe. Thus, the incentive to develop Bazley would be the same for him as for the rest of the roster I would think.

So is this a potential way to avoid the draft? If a team can negotiate with a kid to go GLeague w a contract rather than college, can they grab talent without going through the draft?

 

[Kembacity]

This means $26K before taxes, right? Which is the equivalent of making roughly $12.50 an hour while working 40 hour weeks all year.

 

[methodology]

So is this a potential way to avoid the draft? If a team can negotiate with a kid to go GLeague w a contract rather than college, can they grab talent without going through the draft?

There a g league draft and after that 1 year they would enter the NBA draft

 

[methodology]

This means $26K before taxes, right? Which is the equivalent of making roughly $12.50 an hour while working 40 hour weeks all year.

$12.50/hr paying for your meals is worth more than any education plus free food, apparel, and all the perks of a big time athlete at a top school

 

[WrenchFan69]

This means $26K before taxes, right? Which is the equivalent of making roughly $12.50 an hour while working 40 hour weeks all year.

That's not that bad for a 17 year old with no degree or non-basketball skills in Fort Wayne, though

 

[intlzncster]

Hahaha that's gold actually. I was making $6.25/hour working at a golf course over the summer.

 

[ctchamps]

Hahaha that's gold actually. I was making $6.25/hour working at a golf course over the summer.

They overpaid.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

This means $26K before taxes, right? Which is the equivalent of making roughly $12.50 an hour while working 40 hour weeks all year.

Some agent is going to loan this kid $50,000 by the end of the month.

 

[ctchamps]

Some agent is going to loan this kid $50,000 by the end of the month.

Probably happened already and kid is intelligent enough to state $26,000 is good pay for a seventeen year old knowing full well $76,000 is greater than $26,000. Doesn’t need a higher education for that. As an added incentive he figured out 4>1 and left a loser.

 

[intlzncster]

Some agent is going to loan this kid $50,000 by the end of the month.

Kid will take home more than 100k, plus car, jewelry, clothes etc. He'll be just fine.

Signing kids is a competitive business.