[gdani]

This is going to ruin the NFL.

Just look at the NBA.

Yeah -- LeBron clearly isn't ready to compete in the NBA.

Nor was Moses Malone, Spencer Haywood, Darryl Dawkins, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal, Shawn Kemp, etc, etc

[Lost Highway]

Don't forget Carmello Anthony. If I am not mistaken he would have been inelligble under the NFL rules.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

You're right. BBall is so much more interesting than it was when Moses entered the league.
You got guys who don't even understand how to beat a trap listed as top guys in the league.
I'm a Sixers fans and even with AI's year (or two) at Georgetown, I really don't think he's that smart about the game. Lord knows Larry Brown tried.

The game stinks.
As it is, I can barely deal with the NFL and all of the timeouts and rules that slow down the game. Getting a bunch of ignorant kids out there isn't going to make it move quicker. Guaranteed.

For every dude on your list, there's at least 3 who shouldn't have been drafted. And every one of those players would've been even better if they had gone to school first.
Heck, make college ball semi-pro like it practically is, that's cool.
But don't draft and sell kids and tell me they're professionals. They ain't.

[Tallguy]

Having been a Sixer fan, I would argue that Darryl Dawkins, at least, was NOT ready for the NBA. A tremendous physical talent who never really learned the game of Basketball -- as witnessed by the whipping that Magic Johnson gave him in Game 6 of the NBA finals (when Kareem did not dress due to injuries). Dawkins should have rammed it down LA's throat, but instead he went into his usual big-game disappearing act. If he'd attended college, who knows?