[socalstanfan1]

Well, until recently the NBA did allow drafting HS kids and we still had illiterates in "college."  Now we just have them for one year.  This change, I suspect, was pushed by colleges, not the NBA.

BUT...drafting HS players was not accompanied by a legitimate Minot league system, so few NBA would actually draft a player unless he seemed like a cant-miss prospect (i.e. Kevin Garnett). And, for such a plan to work would require universities to actually stop admitting illiterates. The presence of a real developmental system pulls away one more justification for the relaxing of academic standards, as I assume many administrators/instructors justify their actions by saying to themselves, "well, what other option does this kid have? Who am I to stand I the way of his future?"

[socalstanfan1]

Well, until recently the NBA did allow drafting HS kids and we still had illiterates in "college."  Now we just have them for one year.  This change, I suspect, was pushed by colleges, not the NBA.

BUT...drafting HS players was not accompanied by a legitimate Minot league system, so few NBA would actually draft a player unless he seemed like a cant-miss prospect (i.e. Kevin Garnett). And, for such a plan to work would require universities to actually stop admitting illiterates. The presence of a real developmental system pulls away one more justification for the relaxing of academic standards, as I assume many administrators/instructors justify their actions by saying to themselves, "well, what other option does this kid have? Who am I to stand I the way of his future?"