Europe over college

[Mobot]

College isn't for everybody.  Some people just don't have what it takes and that's okay.  Some people are better off going to truck driver school or becoming a welder, plumber, or a hair stylist.  There is nothing wrong with that. 

Fortunately for this kid, he can earn six figures out of high school playing basketball and he gets to spend a year in Europe, pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

[nyg]

Jennings signed a three year contract yesterday.  He gets $600,000 a year, not including endorsements and a clause that he can leave after one year for the NBA draft. Not a bad deal. This will spark the interest of many recruits next year. 

[Avenue Commons]

The NBA needs to make the NBDL a more realistic option for the "one and dones" and for players to continue to be developed while under contract with an NBA team. There is no reason for the US not to have a highly competitive junior league.

[Nukem2]

Jennings signed a three year contract yesterday.  He gets $600,000 a year, not including endorsements and a clause that he can leave after one year for the NBA draft. Not a bad deal. This will spark the interest of many recruits next year. 

There won't be many guys that get this deal.  Remeber Jennings would be a high lottery pick if he were in the draft.  And the best he could do is a middling contract with a mid-level Italian team.  I don't see this as a big deal.  the NBA will probably change anyway to avoid these situations.  foreign teams just are not going to pay out top money for one and dones.

[Mayor McCheese]

Here is the main problem I see for Jennings doing this, and will hurt him.

He knows he is 1 and done, and the team he signed with (Rome) don't deal with players like this.  If Jennings doesn't go into this with an open mind/team mentality, he is going to struggle.  He is setting himself up for disaster.  Honestly, not knocking a player, but how hard is it to pass the exam to get into college, that's where he made his first mistake.

[Pakuni]

Here is the main problem I see for Jennings doing this, and will hurt him.

He knows he is 1 and done, and the team he signed with (Rome) don't deal with players like this.  If Jennings doesn't go into this with an open mind/team mentality, he is going to struggle.  He is setting himself up for disaster.  Honestly, not knocking a player, but how hard is it to pass the exam to get into college, that's where he made his first mistake.

I think for a lot of kids who see themselves one year away from the NBA  - and therefore have no serious academic intent -- $600,000 tax free, a chance to spend a year in Rome (with your family along for the ride) and an opportunity to travel Europe on someone else's dime would be pretty enticing.
Especially when the alternative is a year in Tucson with a doddering old Lute Olson, working your tail off for free.

Frankly, I don't see how this will hurt the kid. If anything, a year of playing against men in a professional league may help him prepare for life in the NBA more than a year in college.

[OneMadWarrior]

What I don't get about this whole thing is wasn't the NBDL designed for guys just like Brandon Jennings. Guys who were talented but couldn't' get into College. What would be wrong with having him spend a year in Boise learning his craft. Why does the NBA ban 18 year olds from its DEVELOPMENTAL league. Wasn't that the point? The point shouldn't be having Scott Merritt average 8 and 7 a game while good players leave to play overseas. Ridiculous.

[🏀]

Scott Merritt average 8 and 7 a game while good players leave to play overseas. Ridiculous.

Agreed Scott should be over there. His chance at the NBA never really came, and if they redesigned the NBDL to accept these players, it'd be better off. However, I don't think the NDBL has the cash to pay these players.