Sports Jury - Should the NBA allow HS players?

GoThe NBA has an image to protect and you can’t have 17 and 18 year olds exposed to terror, like Artest in Detroit. Grumpy old men sitting around a table control the occupational destiny of talented children via million dollar contracts – let’s look at the past.
GoLeon Smith – who? – Leon didn’t do too well – never quite got rid of the Dale Davis attitude. Kwame Brown – number one pick three year ago – just traded to Lakers – not a Shaq yet, not even a Dale Davis yet. Jermaine O’Neal – awesome high school pick for Portland – developed for 5 years – traded for Dale Davis – ah, Blazer patience.
GoNo – the old men say lets make them take a year of college – that’s good for them. Yeah – right. If the NBA were thinking of the youth – then there would be minor league basketball – development tracks for kids that want sports and could care less about worldly knowledge. It works for baseball – but the grumpy old men control the NCAA too, so why pay slaves?
GoI actually like Dale Davis - plays within himself. No insult intended.