Thon played high school in VA in 13-14, that's not the three years prior to the draft.just two. This comes down too high school graduation date.
Thon Maker declares for NBA draft
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what makes me laugh is that ku fans felt he was headed their way. yet maker gives an interview today indicating ASU is where he was leaning.
ku fans think they get everyone its comical. cant wait to see in a month or so about how all the 2017 recruits have ku #1
KU may still roll through the Big12, but they are far off from competing next year. Said this months ago. And I'm sure Kansas fans will gripe at this again, but until I see otherwise, they are a non-factor for the next few years.
NBA owners have no legal right to exclude 18 year olds from their league. That would be an anti-trust exemption, and the perfect example of collusion. The NBA isn't supposed to be a singular business, it's supposed to be 30 separate businesses competing with each other. If one owner wants to say he won't take an 18 year old for his team, that's fine. He can say he'll only take college grads, or only take guys over 6'5". Whatever, he'll probably be able to do it as long as he's not breaking any federal civil rights' employment laws. However, if all 30 owners get together and try to make those rules league-wide, they're going to have major problems with antitrust violations and collusion.
The only reason owners get any age restriction is because they collectively bargain it with the player's union. Otherwise, someone would challenge it, and they would probably win. The whole reason age restrictions got tossed in the first place was because Sam Shulman, who owned the Sonics, decided that he wanted Spencer Haywood ASAP, and encouraged him to take the league to court. Haywood won that case.
Maker is going to be a test case as to what actually constitutes "high school" and what "graduation" actually means in terms of the language of the rule. This was going to come eventually, but Maker is really the first high-profile example, and it will be interesting to see if the NBA focuses just on age, or if they try to tighten down the other aspects of it.
..for a Big12 title.
Face it, they've missed the mark quite a bit since Cal brought Kentucky back to prominence. I will admit that they've surprised me some years when I thought they would have a down year, but managed to win 25+ games. Yet, even in those years, they flame out.
A lot of questions facing that team next year. They need to bat 1.000 the rest of the way on recruiting to even have a chance against Duke and Kentucky. In that regards, yes, they are a non-factor.
Face it, they've missed the mark quite a bit since Cal brought Kentucky back to prominence. I will admit that they've surprised me some years when I thought they would have a down year, but managed to win 25+ games. Yet, even in those years, they flame out.
A lot of questions facing that team next year. They need to bat 1.000 the rest of the way on recruiting to even have a chance against Duke and Kentucky. In that regards, yes, they are a non-factor.
Some interesting points here that's for sure. All signs are pointing to just terrible representation by his "handlers" and a misinformed teenager. Hope we have nothing to worry about with Wenyen though.
Collective bargaining keeps it legal.
Collective bargaining is here to stay or players wont get paid.
