Forget the one-and-done rule, if Mark Cuban had his way, the NBA would make kids wait three years after high school before they could enter the NBA Draft.
↵In a conversation with Tim MacMahon of ESPN Dallas, Cuban outlined his problems with the current system, both in how it affects the NBA as well as the players themselves:
↵↵↵"Then you say, what about the kids that aren't college material or whatever?" Cuban said. "I think then we just put them in the D-League for three years and then they become draft-eligible with their class.
↵"They could go to Europe if they want, like Brandon Jennings. That'd be fine. There is nothing that I would like better than to throw our problems on FIBA. Then we'd get some of our money's worth with them."
↵"It's not even so much about lottery busts," Cuban said. "It's about kids' lives that we're ruining. Even if you're a first-round pick and you have three years of guaranteed money -- or two years now of guaranteed money -- then what? Because if you're a bust and it turns out you just can't play in the NBA, your 'Rocks for Jocks' one year of schooling isn't going to get you real far."
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To be fair, in the modern economy, it's looking like four years of college won't necessarily get you very far either.
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