High school basketball players: Europe vs. College

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Last year Brandon Jennings elected to go to Europe instead of Arizona (I think), now a guy is leaving after his junior year of high school to play two years pro in Spain.

Technically I think there were some issues about whether Jennings would even be eligible, which I'm sure played a role in it, but nonetheless this does seem to be the early stages of a trend starting.

What do you think? It sounds kind of crazy, but really it's not too much unlike the academy system in soccer, where young players go and train with professional teams from an early age. My biggest hope is that this new guy at least gets his high school diploma in some way though.

I don't think the college game will ever disappear, even if a decent amount of kids elects to do something like this in the future. But it is kind of a tricky subject to form an opinion on.