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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1210291" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>There are the obvious reasons kids don't do this, distance, youth, cultural barriers, but there are two other factors I think people don't always appreciate:</p><p></p><p>1. Elite European teams don't really want these guys. Regardless of talent level, a 19 year old with no professional experience and next to no name recognition at that point making an explicitly one-season commitment is not a valuable asset for them. They aren't good enough to play a lot, they aren't going to be around to get better, they don't put butts in seats, it's not that appealing of a proposition. China will take anyone, but that's not as good of a developmental situation.</p><p></p><p>2. The inability to hire agents makes the college route a million times easier on families. Even in a well-to-do, well-educated two parent household (which is a vanishing rarity among elite basketball players), the logistics of really investigating the overseas option is basically impossible. You have to have an agent that knows the ropes. But hire an agent, and you close the college option off. You have to basically fly blind into the overseas option, as opposed to signing on the dotted line at Kansas, Kentucky, or Duke where you know as a family that the path has been well worn many times and everything is going to be paid for and taken care of. You'd be insane to close that option off just for the <em>chance to meaningfully investigate</em> going abroad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1210291, member: 527609"] There are the obvious reasons kids don't do this, distance, youth, cultural barriers, but there are two other factors I think people don't always appreciate: 1. Elite European teams don't really want these guys. Regardless of talent level, a 19 year old with no professional experience and next to no name recognition at that point making an explicitly one-season commitment is not a valuable asset for them. They aren't good enough to play a lot, they aren't going to be around to get better, they don't put butts in seats, it's not that appealing of a proposition. China will take anyone, but that's not as good of a developmental situation. 2. The inability to hire agents makes the college route a million times easier on families. Even in a well-to-do, well-educated two parent household (which is a vanishing rarity among elite basketball players), the logistics of really investigating the overseas option is basically impossible. You have to have an agent that knows the ropes. But hire an agent, and you close the college option off. You have to basically fly blind into the overseas option, as opposed to signing on the dotted line at Kansas, Kentucky, or Duke where you know as a family that the path has been well worn many times and everything is going to be paid for and taken care of. You'd be insane to close that option off just for the [I]chance to meaningfully investigate[/I] going abroad. [/QUOTE]
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