NBA draft
Dwight Howard goes #1! wow that's telling u something - either the magic think Emeka has problems with his back (and are scared off and don't want another grant hill) or that they see real potential in dwight howard. On a side note, Dwight and Emeka thanked God for their selections and mentioned how God would guide them in their future careers. It's good to see these guys professing their faith in the public arena , cause I knew that Dwight was a devout Christian and there has been a bit of publicity about that but I didn't know that Emeka was a believer too.

Today's NBA draft reflects a growing trend of potential and upside. General Managers don't want to miss out on the next Kobe/KG/T-mac/JO and are willing to pick a kid who's 18/19 or is a foreigner with the view that down the line this kid can be an impact player in 3-4 years. I'm not sure if I'm down with this trend, cause i believe that the majority of these guys could vastly improve their game and fundamentals if they went to college.

On the other hand, I don't think we can deny these guys the right to play in the nba because they are young or haven't been to college. If you look at other sports, there are many superstar teenage athletes, like Martina Hingis/Ian Thorpe/Shahid Afridi/Anna Kournikova. The youngest age of many of these guys in the nba draft are 18, and at that age you can choose what you want to do with your life. They have the mental capacity to their own decisions - they can choose to join the armed forces, attend college, enter the workforce, and so on. Entering the NBA is basically a career choice for these guys and an easy one at that when the NBA throws millions of dollars at potential athletic ability.