I wonder if the ones who spent a year in college "punching their ticket" have shown a greater acumen for fiscal restraint than those who went straight from high school to the NBA. Notice that baseball players, most of whom spend a couple of years riding a bus and living on a much smaller salary in the minors, don't have nearly as many spectacular financial flame outs.
“I wonder if the ones who spent a year in college “punching their ticket” have shown a greater acumen for fiscal restraint than those who went straight from high school to the NBA.”
In this regard, it would be interesting to see what the stats are for the ‘one year, jump to the NBA’ are for the University of Kentucky. UK recruits big, wins tournaments, and sends ‘em off to the NBA. How many are still makin’ it 3 years outa the NBA?