Every year at this time elite college basketball players make a decision that will change there life forever,the decision I'm talking about to turn pro early or  stay in school, well the object of college is to go to school so you can get a good job well playing in the NBA is a great job.Most of the time if your a first round pick you can make 7 figures with 2 years of guaranteed money.The problem with freshman leaving so early ,it destroys some programs and hurts some coaches chances of getting that fat raise because there record is going to suffer a little bit because that star is gone.College coaches talking about a  age limit and a player should do at least three years is only being selfish, coaches leave early all the time ,this is the lifespan of good college players 1 good year and there gone.   Tyson Hansborough what are you waiting for ,your stock is never going to be higher,and after destroying mediocre big men in college its time to get that great job,you won every award possible you have nothing else to prove on the college level. Derrick Caracter what are you thinking, you stunk it up in college and your rap sheet is a mile long,don't be surprised if you don't get drafted at  all,then again you have first round talent and someone might draft you but you have done nothing on the college level besides get in trouble.Derrick you have been nothing but trouble since you were in highschool .

So who is the first pick Rose or Beasley,if i was drafting   and had a choice im taking Rose, Rose will make everyone else on the floor better and his jumper will get better with work,he has good size and quickness.Beasley is a great player but the point guard is like a qb in football its vital to a teams success .

Jason Kidd its not your fault your a great player,but you will never get a team over the hump,something happens when you arrive to a team you win games but your team falls short,maybe its bad luck or bad karma,but Dallas is worst off now, because they gave away young players and you have maybe 2 years left at best .The Lakers are getting better, Boston is strong,the Suns are getting better ,Detroit is steady and Hornets with Bryon Scott at the helm with a young great point guard Chris Paul is on the rise.Maybe you can asked to be traded to the Lakers next year.

I HAVE TO TAKE MY HAT, off the Cleveland Browns signed Crennel to a extention earlier and now there on the verge of signing Derek Anderson to a 3 year extention.Cleveland is obviously,thinking of challenging for a Super Bowl in 2008.Now you have to ask yourself  how long will Brady Quinn,sit still and play the nice soldier,he's a competitor how is he going to take it going into camp with no real chance of starting,unless a injury occurs to Derek,now Cleveland needs to draft a speedy running back in the draft, and they will be on there way ,signing Jamal Lewis is a no brainer.

Dallas gave up to much to get J Kidd,yes he is the second best point guard in the league,behind Steve Nash,but 2 number ones Devin Harris, a servicable big man in Diop,and a throw in in Keith Van Horn who came back for the 4 million ,and the Nets are also getting 3 million in cash.If the Mavs tank out early in the playoffs, the Nets got the better of the deal,now if Dallas wins the championship then Dallas came out ahead.Don't think they have enough to win it, though,its sad day when a player who hasn't won a title can pretty much say he wants out, and he gets traded to a team that he chooses like he has a right to a championship likes its owed to him.Plenty  of players are doing this today,and it stinks.

Will Barry ever play baseball again I don't think so, and Roger will probably have to wait to he's 70 to get elected to the Hall of Fame,Barry probably 75 but they cheated when they didnt has too.Then again these 2 wanted to play until they were 50 years old and keep raking in the money,and pad there stats.

Is the caliber of the NBA player that bad ,that old guys like Scottie Pippen,Charles Oakley,Roy Tarpley,and numerous others out there who are well past 40 and schooling people at the local recreation center,tinkering with the idea of a comeback.They always say  athletes aren't the smartest  people in the world,but just because your dominating fatty four eyes, or the computer geek on Wed.night in front of a  capacity crowd of 5,doesn't mean your ready for  Shaq,or even Channing Frye.Now Tarpley is looking to get his good name back,but his name hasn't been good since his days of Michigan.

Last time i checked about the whereabouts of  Charles Oakley he ,was in New York happily running his car wash empire.Now there are players in there 40's playing professional sports most of them are on the diamond  and most of them are pitchers.You also got Evander Holyfield still fighting and he's going to fight for a belt in the fall.Boxers,never know when to give it ,and the blows to the head,leave them to the point where they can't think rational, The NBA is totally different  for starters you run all day ,you have to be in great shape ,and after time your skill set erodes.Your body takes longer to recover  once in your 40's,playing back to back nighters ,is hard for yougans so how in the world is it going to be easier  for guys in there 40's .NOW IF YOUR ONLY MOTIVATION IS GETTING A CHECK,then thats different, but if a rock hard Karl Malone gave it up at 40 ,and it looked like he could play forever,then I'm NOT SO SURE about Pippen and Oakley making successful comebacks.Are the players that bad ,now I watched more NBA basketball in the 80, and 90s than I do now and the product isn't as good in my opinion ,BUT IS IT THAT BAD, when guys like Tarpley wants reinstatement,Oakley says he 's ready for 20 minutes a night, and Scottie can't make up his mind,one way or the other. Next thing you know Micheal Ray Richardson is gonna suit up,but first he needs to shut up with the stupid comments.

Hey if your that bored fellas,there 's alot of poor kids in America  that need food, mentors ,and yes adequate school books,VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME  AND MAKE IT HAPPEN  and remember tuesday nights on TNT are totally different than Wed.nights at the Rec.

THE LAST time i checked  David Stern was the commissioner of the NBA, the situation with Yi ,is pretty much standard with some of todays disgruntled draft picks,Steve Francis pulled this when he was drafted and some other players Bo Jackson just to name a two,,but Milwaukee hold firm and let him play in China if he wants,he's a project at best right now it's not like you drafted Greg Oden or Yao Ming,.

IF you fold and trade him every  good player from China might try to pull this mess,and it's not YI its his country and reps.This is about money and marketing ,and nothing more, do you think Yi people would be happy in Memphis NO,,I doubt it,i would let him sit all year and at the very last minute before I lose him i would unload him for a truck load of picks  or players.Or just let him sit,

The #### about his development ,don't you get better playing in practice against other  7 footers who are the best players in the world.If he's a good player he'll play and develop,but don't  try to insult the my intelligence and others.

IF league is 85 percent black ,wouldn't this be obvious, I don't care how you break this down and I don't care who did the study ,this doesn't prove there is bias   involved. II watch plenty of basketball games and I see no blatant attempts by the refs targeting black players,except for the Tim Duncan situation a few weeks ago ,and that happened because of the whining done by Duncan,and him attempting to show up the ref.Most of the time the refs do a great job and even though some calls are suspect I see no ill will towards black players most of the time the refs get it right and once again the court is just about all black,so i don't see it.The bottom line a foul is committed and the refs get it right.I know studies were done, and they have charts and other methods they use Im just not buying it.

Im the first one to scream injustice when it's obvious, but this isn't the case.

Did Mark Cuban have anything to do with this because he is the biggest crybaby ,when it comes to wrong doings by referees,