tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post7887939860656570400..comments2008-05-22T11:03:36.024-05:00DCScraphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109944563728433069noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-21556344777304393512008-05-22T11:03:00.000-05:002008-05-22T11:03:00.000-05:00It's really impossible to compare the world of professional baseball to the world of professional basketball. When an 18 year old kid is drafted by a MLB club he is sent to rookie ball in small town America. Sure he has a couple of millions of dollars in his bank account, but thats a long way from the circus of NBA. When a player does make it to the show he has usually spent at least 2 years in the minors, with little to no endorsements, and without the pressures of TV cameras and reporters in his face 24/7. Maybe if the NBA followed in the footsteps of MLB and the NHL and developed a minor league system that let these kids develop as both athletes and human beings this wouldn't be an issue.<BR/>I know the NBA has a development league, but you can hardly call that a minor league system. I guess in the end it doesn't matter anyway, the NBA is a dead league. Has been for a long time. If you don't believe me know check back in after this whole Tim Donaghy thing runs it's course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com