High School Basketball RecruitsHigh School Basketball Recruits: A tough choice or not? by Bobby Latrel www.1800-sports.com
It can't be easy as a High School senior having to choose between four years of college education and the opportunity to instantly start raking in over a million dollars per year as a professional NBA star. High School basketball recruits don't need to study for the SATs, meet with academic suitors or go through any of the rigors related to college preparation.
Kobe's successful career in the NBA has made skipping college fashionable for today's future stars, and the future is now for players like Lebron James and up-and-coming High School phenoms, Dwight Howard and Josh Smith just to name a few.
Many believe that with a few high school kids coming out this would eventually lead to swarms of them following in their predecessors footsteps. It apparently has but the end results may be somewhat more promising. Most of these high school basketball recruits have since gone on to become model citizens if we can overlook Iverson's tiffs with the law and the current Kobe Bryant matter. Are you ready for the fun and excitement with 2007 March Madness betting?
High School basketball recruits are the norm nowadays. The top prospects of both 2003 and 2004, respectively, have been high school basketball recruits. Lebron James last year and Dwight Howard this year.
After Kobe's successful integration into the NBA program straight from High School, all high school basketball recruits with some game got the message: I can play in the NBA, and I don't have to play for a team that sucks (as he was traded directly to the LA Lakers). Check out Bovada and start winning NOW! Bovada Sportsbook, Casino, Poker Room & Racebook is known in the online gambling industry for having phenomenal customer service, safe and secure deposit methods, fast & easy payouts and terrific bonuses! BET on Sports & play Poker at BOVADA and receive a 20% FREE BET on your first deposit!
The success of Garnett and Kobe Bryant has made many high school students consider college unnecessary. Garnett and Kobe may not necessarily be the norm, these are potential superstars whereas the other High School candidates may have tremendous difficulties heading right into the NBA.
But let us
look at the High School basketball prospects from 1998 and see
just how they have faired since deciding to skip college in
favor of the NBA. This list includes the likes of Corey Benjamin, Tremaine Fowlkes, Tyronn Lue, Mark Miller.
Miller is nowhere to be found. Benjamin no longer plays in the NBA after averaging just over 4 points per game. Tremaine Fowlkes still plays in the NBA and recently signed with the Detroit Pistons, making $638,000 a year but only averaging around 2 points per game. Tyrone Lue has the misfortune of playing with the Orlando Magic this season but this probably helped bring his points per game average up to 10.2. He's gradually improved over the years and does rake in $1.5 million annually.
Lebron James has truly raised the bar this past year and managed to adapt well to the NBA despite early skepticism. Of the top ten NBA draft prospects for 2004, three of these are High School seniors.
It could be worse. We might be inclined to pull these kids out of High School early. At least they are allowed to finish their High School education. And let's face reality, college can always come later if desired. In today's world there are people in their 70's attending college.
The first high school student to bypass college and go straight to the pros was Moses Malone, who jumped into the old American Basketball Association in 1974. Moses came cheap, too: he signed a contract worth $300,000 a year for 10 years.
If Malone signed a contract out of high school today, he'd be making a lot more than that. And that's a big reason high school basketball players jump to the pros. Suddenly, families that weren't doing so well are doing wonderfully. If you weren't a basketball player and someone came up to you and said they'd give you millions of dollars to skip college and come work for their company, you'd do it, right? So why is it any different if you are a basketball player? You can always go back to college. Check out Bovada and start winning NOW! Bovada Sportsbook, Casino, Poker Room & Racebook is known in the online gambling industry for having phenomenal customer service, safe and secure deposit methods, fast & easy payouts and terrific bonuses! BET on Sports & play Poker at BOVADA and receive a 20% FREE BET on your first deposit!
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