rbg
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09-19-19 08:44 AM - Post#287749
In response to mrjames
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ne ws/...
- This development was fascinating to me on a number of levels -- mostly because it's what I've long believed all borderline top-100 prospects who double as very smart young people should at least consider. I honestly don't understand why more don't. I seriously don't get why this doesn't happen more often. -
- Which brings me back to Ajogbor.
He's a very good prospect -- but far from a guarantee to someday play in the NBA based on nothing more than where he's ranked in his high school class. So given that reality, what's smarter, in the best interests of his future, than accepting an opportunity to attend an Ivy League institution? If he develops into a legitimate NBA prospect there, he'll get drafted out of Harvard the same way Curry got drafted out of Davidson, Lillard got drafted out of Weber State and Leonard got drafted out of San Diego State. In this era of scouting, if you're good enough, the NBA will find you anywhere. So he loses nothing, in that regard, by enrolling at Harvard and playing for coach Tommy Amaker. And if the more likely scenario comes to pass, i.e., if it turns out Ajogbor simply is not good enough to make the NBA, he'll still spend four years in college as one of the most talented players, if not the most talented player, in his league -- which sounds fun. More importantly, though, he'll leave college with -- follow me here -- A DEGREE FROM AN IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION! And if you're not going to be a professional basketball player who makes millions of dollars, there's probably nothing you can take into your post-basketball life that's more valuable than A DEGREE FROM AN IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION! -
No matter what happens, you exit college a big winner. -
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