« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2017, 04:24:08 PM »
Two reasons while this will fail, not related to Lavar Ball’s egomaniacism:
1) The G-League pays more than $3k a month, and players can sign their own apparel deals.
2) Under the table money in the NCAA also exceeds $3k per month, albeit apparel deals are restricted.
Option 1 is clearly superior to the Big Baller league. Virtually all high school players choose option 2, meaning there is no chance.
My thoughts exactly. If top 100 players actually started by playing in the G-League rather than going to college and then getting drafted, then the G-League would actually become a lot more exciting. Imagine guys like Simmons and Tatum dominating the G-League rather than undrafted players. It would be 1 and done like college, but they would be getting paid (well, officially, as you noted in option 2).
And this may not matter at all, anyway. If the new plan is to be able to draft players out of high school (or have them go to college for a minimum of two years), teams will at the very least want their guys playing for their G-League affiliate if they aren't ready for the NBA stage.
It seems like there's probably a chicken-and-egg problem. Star high school players aren't going to go to the G-League until it's more legit and pays enough money to offset not being on nationally televised college games. But the G-League isn't going to get big enough to pay that much/have that much influence until it can attract stars.

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