[jjgold]

Nobody gets it right of course all the time but these nba guys are pretty darn good

[IBetYou]

What inspired that thought?

[IBetYou]

Some are good and some aint. Same thing in the WNBA. You have teams that nail it every year, and then you have the Suns picking guys like Josh Jackson.

[pologq]

not sure why NBA is better than any other sport. there are good finds and bad picks early all the time in every sport. look at the knicks first rounders pre 2019.

[spippen]

As long as a really good choice is made on a player that turns out to be great along with solid effort every game, then the occasional "bust" or "flat out quiter" can be overlooked. It's when organations like the New York Knicks etc keep bringing "trash" and not even realizing it until the player proves it over and over again that he is trash. All the while when strong organization steer "clear and fast" of bum like that.

[Chi_archie]

NBA takes way less development of skills to be a Pro. It relies upon athleticism more than any other major sport (I'm not counting hockey)

so a talented kid with even 1 year of college is 95% the way towards being Pro ready. Even top High school kids can make it at times.

the same would not be true for a 18 or 19 year old football player.

Baseball is even more different. You are looking at 3-6 years of riding a bus in the farm for a position player to be ready.

So the longer a kid takes to develop, the more speculative your pick is and the more things that could wrong on and off the field for a kid during the development

[jjgold]

NBA takes way less development of skills to be a Pro. It relies upon athleticism more than any other major sport (I'm not counting hockey)

so a talented kid with even 1 year of college is 95% the way towards being Pro ready. Even top High school kids can make it at times.

the same would not be true for a 18 or 19 year old football player.

Baseball is even more different. You are looking at 3-6 years of riding a bus in the farm for a position player to be ready.

So the longer a kid takes to develop, the more speculative your pick is and the more things that could wrong on and off the field for a kid during the development

Excellent point

These scouts know what skills are needed to be good in nba without every judging them much on actual game play

[LT Profits]

Anthony Bennett says hello.

[pologq]

NBA takes way less development of skills to be a Pro. It relies upon athleticism more than any other major sport (I'm not counting hockey)

so a talented kid with even 1 year of college is 95% the way towards being Pro ready. Even top High school kids can make it at times.

the same would not be true for a 18 or 19 year old football player.

Baseball is even more different. You are looking at 3-6 years of riding a bus in the farm for a position player to be ready.

So the longer a kid takes to develop, the more speculative your pick is and the more things that could wrong on and off the field for a kid during the development

good post

in football especially the guys are bigger and stronger. if you are not developed yet muscle/size wise, you could be in deep trouble.