Obi is 23 today...
Obi is 23 today...
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Any long term comparisons between the success of draftees in regards to what age they were drafted ?
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Yes. I’m not doing it, it’s been discussed a lot here. Go look it up lol. There was a definite consensus that the 22 year olds picked in the lottery did not fare well. With full disclosure, I believe we cut it at a certain year, as it was more common back in the day for players to stay in college
Older players in the lottery is a small sample size, but I feel like the success rate is better recently than in the past (not counting the years where most players stayed in college for 3+ years).
[QUOTE=ShadyOne;33851514]Yes. I’m not doing it, it’s been discussed a lot here. Go look it up lol. There was a definite consensus that the 22 year olds picked in the lottery did not fare well. With full disclosure, I believe we cut it at a certain year, as it was more common back in the day for players to stay in. I figure if folks are asserting the age issue as so clear and definitive they would have evidence.
Not saying age is not an issue. I am a soccer lover and in top leagues the best players often get sent up to top teams at 18 or 19. I don't dismiss it. Yet, Soccer vs Baseball for example have difernt maturity levels for different skills. Baseball players in the MLB are not often 18. I see the NBA as between Soccer and Baseball. I see the trend to draft 18 years olds and maybe even younger. However the NBA has trends. Perhaps this is a long term pattern but I can make arguments that 22 years olds have their own advantages. In International soccer star players emerge at 17 but others do at 22 and 23 and older.
[QUOTE=flimflamman;33851562]Like I said..
I’m just not spending the time to look it up, or look for the post(s). It’s a subject we have 100% discussed. I know what the results were, I’m confident lol. You don’t believe it, that’s fine. I do recall Kaminsky, Hansbrough among them..
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