Jalen Green Chooses NBA G-League Over NCAA

The nation’s top high school basketball prospect made his decision to skip college and go to the NBA’s development league. This decision was monumental because basketball players are required to complete one year post-high school graduation to be eligible for the NBA draft. Players who did not want to enroll in college would previously have to have a very high stock as a high school player and go play professionally overseas for a year. The NBA recently tweaked their rules so that high school prospects could enter the G-League, earn up to about $500,000, sign endorsement deals, and get a scholarship of $125,000 to any college they would like to enroll in. This decision by Jalen Green will shape the NBA and NCAA’s futures as more top prospects will skip the college route to avoid the NCAA’s slave-like system of amateurism.