re: End of the 1-and-done rule nearing

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Back to the 90's and bust city for draftees.

Teams will go back to reaching for players based on AAU hype or whatnot straight out of high school.

One and done was lame for CBB but at least it gave NBA scouts some real film against real competition.

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As opposed to the great college prospects like Adam Morrison, Joe Alexander ,Hasheem Thabeet , Anthony Bennett,etc.....? I can go on & on.


Of the roughly 40 High Schoolers drafted from '95- 2005 10 ( 25%) were All Stars / Future HOFers who need no introduction. Many others had solid careers( Al Jefferson, Harrington, Josh Smith, Kendrick Perkins, J R Smith, Monta Ellis , Dehawn Stevenson, Lou Williams, Amir Johnson & others)


Even the "reaches" like Eddie Curry , Kwame Brown , Darius Miles or Shaun Livingston had long( 10 plus years ) journeyman careers better than the 4 college busts I mentioned above. A Small sample size ,but High Schoolers had overall better success than their College counterparts.