there was an article on Yahoo sports saying that high school kids can still turn pro AND GET PAID NBA ROOKIE SALARIES but they will go into the NBDL instead of the NBA.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...=tsn&type=lgns
it also says that the nba veterans were the ones in favour of the minimum age, so Jermaine O'Neal is talking out of his arse about racism if that is the case