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Why is there dark sides in NCAA basketball recruitment? (Part 1)
There are dark sides to the usual hiring process in college-level basketball in the US and Canada. Where do they come from?
The College Athletes Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization, but its structure is completely different from the mere collegiate systems of sports in many countries. The association includes nearly 1300 organizations, regions, and individuals represented. This is the venue for tournaments and sports programs of many colleges and universities in the US and Canada with more than 450,000 student-athletes.
In 2014, the NCAA generated nearly $ 1 billion in revenue, of which 80 – 90% came from the Division I men’s basketball tournament. It can be seen that once basketball has generated such a large cash flow, it must be well There are many hidden problems in it.
Basketball is the main revenue driver for NCAA
Every year, the basketball tournaments of NCAA receive the main money from sponsorship from big corporations such as LG, Unilever, Nissan, and sports fashion brands and of course, television royalties. In terms of image, organization model and player quality play the most important role to create the attraction for the NCAA.
Because of that, the top basketball talents are of great value in the market because they generate different revenues for the NCAA. A qualified high school student can make a college that owns him an incredible benefit both in terms of brand and money.
Looking further, the usual path for good players will be towards entering the NBA. Once joining the world’s No. 1 tournament, his income and reputation are once again fully exploited by not only sports companies but also quite a few other service companies or organizations.
NBA stars, for example, are bound to become prospects for major shoe companies, financial planners, numerous apparel companies, real estate agents, car and personal vehicle salesman, and also weekly magazines, etc.
The 2.26-meter tall basketball player makes every NBA player lookup
Not being a big star, Tacko Fall is still noticed by the media and fans thanks to its superior fitness parameters compared to the players in the NBA.
Tacko Fall once stunned the media with its amazing physical parameters. His height is 2.26 m, his arm span 2.54 m, an arm reaches more than 3.11 m, and his body fat at 6.8%. In the rebound test, Fall just jumped slightly to reach the highest measuring device’s mark.
The 24-year-old striker initially played soccer and had no interest in basketball. He was discovered by NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon and taught the basics of his early days in basketball. Fall is one of the tallest basketball players in the United States during his second year playing in the NCAA Division 1.
Fall spent four seasons in the NCAA Division with an average of 10.1 points and 7.7 rebounds, the statistics are too small for his stature. Scouts assessed Fall as having an incomplete skill set, clumsy handling, and poor motor intensity. The only thing that keeps Fall still in the sights of some NBA teams is its height and oversized arm span.
The basketball career of Fall
Fall registered to participate in the 2018 NBA Draft but was not chosen by any team. However, the Boston Celtics gave Fall the opportunity to a probationary contract ahead of the 2019/20 season. After that, the Celtics decided to sign Fall with a 2-way mix that allowed the player to play at the same time in the NBA and G-League (NBA’s lower league).
Despite his limited contribution to just six appearances since the start of the season, Fall is one of the most beloved players in the Celtics. Fall always received encouraging applause from the fans every time he went on the pitch. Fall spends most of his time in the G-League, where he has become a solid wall with averaging 12.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 3 blocks per game.
The 2.24-meter high basketball player makes his opponents strenuously accompanied by Boban Marjanovic who is the basketball star wearing the Dallas Mavericks team in the NBA. With a height of 2.24 m, Marjanovic has no difficulty in mastering the area under the basket.
Some people expected Stephen Curry to be “ignored” by many NBA teams
Up to now, no one can deny Stephen Curry’s talent. Many analysts, as well as a handful of NBA players, consider Curry to be one of the best pitchers in history. With two MVP titles, one NBA basketball championship, and many broken records, Curry can be considered a genius.
But that is the present time, let’s go back to 2009 at the NBA Draft, five teams have ignored Stephen Curry. Before coming to the answer, let’s take a look at the past SC30’s journey in the NBA basketball tournament.
In the 2009 NBA Draft, Golden State Warriors with his 7th choice chose Stephen Curry after three years at Davidson, scoring an average of 25 points per game with a 3-point success rate of 41.2. %. Even in his first professional season in the NBA, Curry finished second in the Rookie of the Year race after Tyreke Evans. Each match he averaged 17.5 points and 5.9 assist
A year later, he had his first-ever NBA basketball record for the best free-kick performance in history with 93.4%. Also, this season Curry won first place in the NBA Skills Challenge competition at NBA All-Star 2011.
Stephen Curry basketball career
Freshman
Head coach Bob McKillop praised and saw Curry’s specialness and he did not disappoint Bob with his excellent performance throughout the seasons – second among the scorers (students year 1), surpassing Keydren Clark’s NCAA season record, SoCon Tournament MVP, and selected as one of the US team representatives at the 2007 FIBA World Championship (where he helps the team American basketball won a silver medal)
Season two
In addition to having many successes in tournaments, Curry also increased his height. He increased to 1m90 in the second season (2008-2009). This season, he was named to the Associated Press’ All-America Second Team’s all-American squad and won the title of the best player in the Midwest region of the 2008 NCAA tournament. and was also nominated for an ESPY award in the breakout category of the year.
Teenage season
During his teenage season, Davidson Wildcats lost the NCAA regional final to Kansas. In subsequent games, he scored 2000 points of his career against Samford when he scored 21 points.
In February 2009, he dislocated his ankle in a match against Furman recording his first and only missed game in his college career. He also became the Davidson Wildcats all-time top scorer and scored 2,488 in his career. At the end of the season, he was the scoring leader of the NCAA.
NCAA proposed to increase the age limit for the NBA Draft (Part 2)
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver also announced that he is proposing to increase the draft age limit to 20 and wants it to be applied soon in the future. Commissioner Adam Silver is proposing to increase the draft age limit to 20 and expect it to apply soon in the future.
Commissioner Adam Silver is proposing to increase the age limit for drafting to 20 The NCAA also has a lot of benefits from the increasing age to attend the NBA Draft. They will keep more talented players in the league longer. The attractiveness and competition of the tournament will also increase. This brings with it a series of benefits from television rights, ticket sales…
In 2005, Coach Carter officially premiered based on the true story of Coach Ken Carter. The film tells the current situation of American high school basketball in the early years of the 21st century onwards. The advent of the movie also significantly influenced the decision to change the draft system of the NBA a year later.
Since 2006, young players will not be eligible to enter the NBA Draft without graduating from high school. The regulations also state that players will only be able to participate in the NBA Draft after graduating from high school after one year and must be at least 19 years old on paper.
The NCAA is a good environment for talented students
The NCAA is a good environment for the players to show their talents to the NBA scouts The NCAA is a good environment for the players to show their talents to the NBA scouts The NCAA Student Tournament thus also becomes the best competitive environment for players to show off to the scouts in the NBA.
A few players choose to play professionally in Europe or China after graduating from high school, for example, Brandon Jennings and Emmanuel Mudiay. The above-complicated rules were born in the hope of helping players create a foundation for a better future life.
Many players, after retiring, do not know what to do because they do not have a university degree. An NBA player can make millions of dollars to make ends meet after two years of playing. The vast majority of people spend wastefulness so that after retirement, they do not have a penny.
The number of players in the NBA league who went bankrupt within 5 years of retiring reached 60%, according to statistics. How to live after the end of a professional footballer’s life is worth talking about.
NCAA proposed to increase the age limit for the NBA Draft (Part 1)
Given the player and tournament issues, the NCAA seems to have found a common voice with the NBA about raising the NBA Draft age limit to 20.
Given the quality of the players and the competitive edge of the tournament, the NCAA seems to have found a common ground with the NBA about raising the NBA Draft’s age limit to 20.
What are the benefits of the NBA and the NCAA?
NCAA is planning to propose raising the age limit for players to attend draft to 20 instead of 19 as before. With evidence that the players who spent many years playing in the NCAA (including the 2016 MVP – Stephen Curry and most recently Westbrook) entered the top 10 MVP elections for the last two years.
The NCAA further points out that only 16% of the players still competed in the NBA in the first year of college. Lebron James and Kevin Durant are the only two players still competing (only one year in college and going straight from high school) to ever win the MVP title for the season.
Kevin Durant only attended a year in college before going to NBA Kevin Durant only attended a year in college before going to the NBA The NCAA knows that viewers watch the NBA because of the stars, but the teams there has a hard time dominating the league with just one star.
The NBA will benefit greatly if it agrees to increase the age of eligibility for the draft from 19 to 20. Young talents will develop steadily in their skills, thinking, and experience when competing in a medium-sized environment like the NCAA.
Getting into the NBA too early can be dangerous for a player in his mid-twenties
If they can overcome the overwhelming pressure and competitiveness, the young players will stretch or at least meet their expertise to play in the NBA.
In the worst-case scenario, the young players will fail to overcome the pressure and be eliminated from the world number one tournament. The NBA understands this and also expects the players to have at least two years playing on a lower system. Then the world’s number one tournament will have a chance to get more good players instead of just potential players.
The NCAA team that won both soccer and basketball tournaments?
ACC Maryland and Syracuse have each won a basketball championship from the NCAA. Maryland, moving to the Big Ten in the fall of 2014, won the 1953 championship and the basketball crown in 2002.
Syracuse won the soccer title in 1959, then won the NCAA basketball in 2003 with a youth team led by freshman Carmelo Anthony.
According to the 2013 NCAA record book, 10 elite schools won the NCAA title in basketball Me and the soccer team, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision. Before 1998, a series of organizations selected national football champions, leading to the title being shared over the years.
Big Ten
The three schools currently playing in the Big Ten conference have won national championships in both soccer and basketball. The University of Michigan won or shared nine NCAA football titles from 1901 to 1997. The last full-back team was led by Charles Woodson, the only major defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy title.
Michigan won the basketball championship in unusual circumstances in 1989. At the end of the season, head coach Bill Frieder announced he would leave Arizona State the following season. He was later replaced by assistant coach Steve Fisher, who guided Wolverines to the championship.
UCLA shared the 1954 football title with the state of Ohio, but it is famous for winning 11 NCAA basketball titles. The Bruins won 10 championships in 12 seasons under John Wood’s coach from 1964 to 1975, then won again in 1995. Four of Team Wood’s teams went unbeaten. His Bruins had stars like Gail Goodrich, Lew Alcindor – later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – and Bill Walton.
Southeast Conference
The SEC dominated college football in the 21st century, but two of the conference schools added basketball championships to their soccer championships.
Arkansas shared the 1964 football national title with another school in SEC, Alabama, and Notre Dame. Razorbacks also won the 1994 NCAA championship – in the presence of President Bill Clinton, former governor of Arkansas.
Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, contributed to the 2006 victory and is a valuable player. The Gators also won the basketball championship continuously in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, Florida became the first school to win the NCAA basketball and basketball championships in the same season. solution.
Atlantic Coast University
The Maryland and Syracuse ACC schools each won an NCAA basketball and basketball championship. Maryland, moving to the Big Ten in the fall of 2014, won the championship in 1953 and the basketball crown in 2002.
The legendary coach of NCAA passed away at the age of 78
More bad news for basketball lovers this year, when the legendary Georgetown University coach passed away at the age of 78. The year 2020 continues to leave in the hearts of the orange ball fans a deep sadness, when the legendary coach of Georgetown University John Thompson passed away at the age of 78.
Although relatively unfamiliar to NBA fans, the late coach’s identity is best known for his 27-year stint leading the Georgetown University basketball team in NCAA Division I, as well as his The teacher of four NBA legends are Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and Allen Iverson.
The sudde
n departure of this coach has left infinite sadness with the above players. For them, John Thompson is not merely a coach, but also a teacher, father and best friend of each person.
Selected by the Boston Celtics in NBA Drat’s 25th pick in 1964, John Thompson became the main reserve player for the legendary Bill Russell at the time. He played two seasons for the team, winning two championships before suddenly retiring at the age of 25 to find a challenge in coaching.
A legendary NCAA coach
After 6 seasons of challenge at St. Joseph High School, Anthony set a record as a coach of 122 wins – 28 losses. He moved to a new position at Georgetown University, which contains the most glorious years of his career as a military.
Not only is Patrick Ewing’s enhancer, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and Allen Iverson coming to the NBA arena, the late coach John Thompson is also an immortal monument of the Georgetown University basketball team with 596 wins – 239 losses NCAA championship only in the history of the team in 1984. He decided to retire in the middle of the 1998-1999 season after the troubles of his family.
The departure of coach John Thompson has made the basketball world more painful in 2020. They in turn have to see President David Stern, legendary Kobe Bryant, former star Clifford Robinson, legendary coach at NCAA Lute Olson must leaving life for different reasons in the previous period.
The former NCAA player that is expected to be a big star in the NBA (Part 3)
In the Warriors, Curry is a target targeted by the Rockets. He defended the Rockets 14.7 times after averaging 100 defensive situations in the series against the Rockets. This number is nearly 5 times higher than the number of Curry at the Regular Season (3.1 times after 100 situations).
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers aim at Terry Rozier. Rozier faced 6.9 iso situations after averaging 100 defensive situations. This number is 2.5 times higher than his number at Regular Season (2.6 times after 100 scenarios).
Young will have to improve Many of his defensive abilities
The team that owns Young in the future should also prepare for the scenario above. Young’s fitness is somewhat limited compared to current NBA players. At the recent Draft combine, Young’s height with shoes is measured at about 1m87 and he weighs 80kg. Young has an even more modest figure than Curry. In his first season in the NBA, Curry weighed 82 kg and was 1m90 tall.
Last season, Young’s teammates at the University of Oklahoma tried very hard to support him defensively. Young had only faced a few iso situations this past season. He is also not too bad at defending those situations when he only lets the opponent score 0.84 points / 1-1 defensive situations. However, in an environment with a much higher level, the challenge will be greater for Young.
From Curry’s experience, it can be seen that Young’s small body will not be too much of a problem at Regular Season. However, the dreaming teams deep in the Playoffs will have to consider Young’s limitations when the teams will focus on attacking a lot on this player’s position in the important rounds at the end of the season.
The risks are worth considering
According to ESPN, Young has a 12% chance of becoming an All-Star player in the future. This number is on par with DeAndre Ayton and is 4th highest in the list of recruits in this year’s Draft period.
However, he also has a 23% chance that he will not contribute anything to the team that chooses him or in other words will not shine. This number of Young is also the highest in the top 12 most highly appreciated rookies in this Draft period.
Young will not be in the top 5 when it will be difficult for a team to take the first pick to risk this player. But picking Young in the 5th to 10th place would be a worthy adventure.
The former NCAA player that is expected to be a big star in the NBA (Part 2)
Young’s performance at NCAA last season
Let’s look back at the first season at NCAA by another famous NBA PG, Steve Nash. Nash played his first season at Santa Clara College in the 1992-1993 season. He is only playing 24 minutes per game and averaging 8.1 points and 2.2 assists. It was not until his second season, when Nash won the title of best player in the West Coast region, his stats were equivalent to what Young did this season.
The above comparison is to prove that Young will become a better player than Curry or Nash in the future. There are many players like Young, who performed better than Curry and Nash in the first season at NCAA but never reached the level of the two stars mentioned above.
However, such comparisons show that Young had a pretty smooth start and that this player actually possesses the talent to do extraordinary things.
Curry is also a player who has benefited from the NBA team’s changing style of play. This is the era when NBA teams increase their scoring from long throw. A team with a lot of quality outfielders will have a higher chance of success. And throwing 3 points is also a strong point of Curry.
In his first two seasons in the NBA, only a third of Curry’s pitches were made from outside the three-point line. In the last three seasons, Curry’s throws have been more than 50% of all his throws.
Young’s style of long-throw would be very useful in the NBA today
Young, the player who has learned a lot from Curry’s style of play, will also benefit from the trend of 3 more throws in the NBA today. This player is very confident in his long throws. Last season, Young made an average of 10.3 throws per game.
The player fits well with the current pick and roll gameplay in the NBA. Last NCAA season, Young made 86 three-point shots without assists, the third highest number of a player at the NCAA since the 2011-2012 season, when this index began to be counted. At that time, Young is one of the talented former NCAA players that were likely to join in the NBA tournament.
Weakness in defense
In a series of finals in both East and West, it can be seen that Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics both prefer the same attacking strategy: Find the lowest defensive player on the opponent’s side, use support. Swap players to get their stars 1-1 against these defensive players.
The former NCAA player that is expected to be a big star in the NBA (Part 1)
Trae Young will probably be the most interesting case in this year’s NBA Draft. Trae Young has the potential to become a big star in the NBA in the future. However, at the same time, this little player also has many weaknesses that if not overcome, it will be difficult for Young to stay in the NBA. Will the teams with the first pick dare to risk Young.
Young’s first and only season at the NCAA in the University of Oklahoma jerseys saw him topped the tournament on both scores and assists by an average of one game. Young has averaged 27.4 points and 8.7 assists/game. This is extremely rare in the college basketball environment in the US in recent years. Young was the first player since the 1983-1984 season to achieve the above record at the NCAA.
However, without the need for experts, all who watched Young play realize the deadly weakness of this player in his defense. So the best first-year player in the NCAA season is predicted by experts to only be picked at No. 8 in the upcoming NBA Draft. Will Young be a future star and will be a bargain for adventure teams with him? Let’s analyze a little bit about this player.
The potentials to become a big star
Young is a player who achieved very respectable achievements last season. He is compared by many to Stephen Curry for his similarity in style to the Golden State Warriors star. Let’s take a look at what Curry did in his first season at NCAA.
Curry averaged 21.5 points but only had 2.8 assists/game in the first season playing for Davidson. Only in his second season, Curry showed clear potential when he led Davidson Wildcats to the round of eight of the strongest teams.
