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LJ
If you are a sports fan and have not seen 17 year-old basketball phenom Lebron James play yet, you are truly missing out on a spectacular sight. This kid is awesome, truly amazing, and they say that Kobe or KG wouldn't have been able to hang w/ this guy when they were 17. He is just much more skilled and more athletic than they were at the same age. So an amazing basketball player...a highschooler, but still amazing. So now comes the question...college? or pro? Sources indicate he'll most likely go pro... but most of the commentators were hoping he'd go to college and stuff..."there's no substitute for knowledge," Dick Vitale said last night. And it's a shame that the endorsement-run, greedy-ass NBA is pushing him to probably take their road. I just think, if you truly love the game, the money will be there...and you're definitely missing out on a lot of things by skipping college...experience is such a valuable lesson in life...it's just sad that he most likely will never have those experiences. That's why, if I had like a child prodigy kid, I'm not so sure that I would want him to skip all these grades and stuff, cuz I want him to experience life, with people his age. I remember back in college when we'd tease the lil kids that were taking some college classes, but come to think about it, there is an emotional maturity that needs to be attained when skipping levels, i.e, skipping grades in school(and not just one, I'm talking like 3 or more), or going straight to the pros. I mean, I just don't think a person is ready to make that sort of leap. And of course I can be totally and utterly wrong, but this is my opinion. If you look at the stats, these types of people don't fair so well in their own personal lives and are emotionally affected by this. And in the scope of pro basketball, most of the young players who come out early, w/ the exception of your Kobe's, T-Mac's and KG's, avg like 4 minutes a game. What experience is to gain from that? Kinda sad that we can be so selfish sometimes, push someone beyond their emotional and psychological limits so that money can be made off of them, cuz really...that's what I see is the driving force behind it all...
LJ
If you are a sports fan and have not seen 17 year-old basketball phenom Lebron James play yet, you are truly missing out on a spectacular sight. This kid is awesome, truly amazing, and they say that Kobe or KG wouldn't have been able to hang w/ this guy when they were 17. He is just much more skilled and more athletic than they were at the same age. So an amazing basketball player...a highschooler, but still amazing. So now comes the question...college? or pro? Sources indicate he'll most likely go pro... but most of the commentators were hoping he'd go to college and stuff..."there's no substitute for knowledge," Dick Vitale said last night. And it's a shame that the endorsement-run, greedy-ass NBA is pushing him to probably take their road. I just think, if you truly love the game, the money will be there...and you're definitely missing out on a lot of things by skipping college...experience is such a valuable lesson in life...it's just sad that he most likely will never have those experiences. That's why, if I had like a child prodigy kid, I'm not so sure that I would want him to skip all these grades and stuff, cuz I want him to experience life, with people his age. I remember back in college when we'd tease the lil kids that were taking some college classes, but come to think about it, there is an emotional maturity that needs to be attained when skipping levels, i.e, skipping grades in school(and not just one, I'm talking like 3 or more), or going straight to the pros. I mean, I just don't think a person is ready to make that sort of leap. And of course I can be totally and utterly wrong, but this is my opinion. If you look at the stats, these types of people don't fair so well in their own personal lives and are emotionally affected by this. And in the scope of pro basketball, most of the young players who come out early, w/ the exception of your Kobe's, T-Mac's and KG's, avg like 4 minutes a game. What experience is to gain from that? Kinda sad that we can be so selfish sometimes, push someone beyond their emotional and psychological limits so that money can be made off of them, cuz really...that's what I see is the driving force behind it all...
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