re: Naz Reid should have stayed one more year

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I don’t like that way either but at least it’s better than what we have now. Personally I think basketball should set up a true minor league system like MLB and the college baseball rule should be taken. You can go pro after high school but if you go to college you have to stay at least 3 years or until you’re 21.

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That's fine, but be willing to accept college basketball becoming nearly as irrelevant as college baseball.

Starting this upcoming season the G-league will be able to offer select $125k contracts to HS players wishing to skip college. However, the question is "will that be enough?" It sounds like a lot on the surface until you realize a player will have to pay many of his own expenses out of that $125k vs. having all of that taken care of in college. Also, the G-league isn't exactly a luxurious lifestyle. You're not playing in front of packed houses on national TV. You also aren't taking chartered flight to every away destination. Couple that with the fact that many big time college prospects are already getting paid significant money (albeit under the table). You could argue that it's MORE lucrative to play one year of college basketball. I can promise you that Zion and his family received more financial benefit by attending Duke vs. playing for the Fort Wayne Fire Ants.

I agree that the one-and-done rule should be abolished. But the removal of that rule can be meshed with the new CBB eligibility rules to make CBB better. If you are truly good enough to be a 1st round pick out of HS then have at it. Great for you. But (and I think the NCAA is taking steps to do this) allow those fringe guys to test the NBA waters but still choose to go to college if they are just not quite ready.

I think what you will find is about 10 or so guys a year will be true 1 and dones. Someone like Reid would have likely ended up in college anyway because while he maybe felt he was good enough, the market would have answered that question for him right away.