04/16: Why top 2020 prospect Jalen Green choosing the G League over the college basketball says a lot more about the NBA than the NCAA
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 16 April 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Jalen Green, who is almost universally regarded as a top-three prospect in the class of 2020, announced Thursday that he'll be skipping college and instead plans on playing in the G League next season (whenever next season arrives). He'll be paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000 to do so. It's the most aggressive move the NBA has made to entice highly ranked prospects to skip college, or other professional opportunities, and stay in the States on the way to ideally becoming an NBA player. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander lay out their opinions on what this decision means and why it's far from doomsday for college hoops.
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| 0:47.7 | Hey there, it's Gary Parrish. It's Thursday, April 16, 2020. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome back to the CBS Sports Eye on College Basketball Podcast where we sometimes discuss. |
| 0:55.6 | Camel Fighting and Leaky Black Matt Norlander is here with me and Jalen Green, |
| 0:59.5 | five star prospect of the class of 2020 who is a projected top two pick in the 2021 NBA draft has |
| 1:04.9 | announced that he is skipping college. No Memphis, no Auburn, no Oregon, no friends, no state. He's |
| 1:10.2 | headed to the G League. It's a new deal with fresh circumstances. He's going to be joining a G League |
| 1:15.4 | development program that's based in Southern California. He'll have professional coaching. |
| 1:19.9 | He'll be teamed with other elite prospects and veteran players. They'll train and play |
| 1:24.4 | exhibitions. They'll go through life skills programs. It's basically one in done academy for |
| 1:30.8 | elite prospects and Jalen Green will reportedly earn by doing this roughly $500,000. Norlander, |
| 1:37.9 | your thoughts on this big development in the world of basketball. |
| 1:41.7 | Is this worth it for the NBA and the G League to do this? That's my first thought. |
| 1:46.0 | $500,000 is in some ways pennies obviously to that league. It's not nothing. It says a lot |
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