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I don't think there will be a time very soon when all of the top players will skip college. And even if the best of the best at some point do, you still will have the big college stars like Tyler Hansbrough right now.
But I wouldn't be surprised if there does become more of a European route for these guys. Especially with the new rule so you can't go right into the draft.
Overall though, I think the NBA is going to need to re-think its total format. It is getting to the point where the NBA is going to need to decide if it wants to be the biggest of many leagues around the world and continue on the path of world soccer, or if it wants to be the elite league in the world that everybody else caters to.
It seems obvious that the NBA would lean toward option No. 2, but to do that they are going to need to set up a working relationship with the European clubs. They are going to need set up a system where the NBA can claim the rights to young talent and then loan them off to European teams until they are NBA ready.
Right now, the NBA teams are forced to take a risk on young players who aren't ready, and that just lowers the overall talent level in the league and takes away from a more deserving veteran.
I could talk about this all day.
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