by rerun Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:26 pm
[quote="basketball IQ"]tb11
I dont have a issue with that. If that is where the individual is being placed on the bench....... so many scenarios , but at the end of the road, out of those kids who sat the bench for 4 years, how many came home with a degree? How many of those could afford to pay $30-45, 000 a year for education or even here in Canada? So if the number of Athletes who jump to go south and come back with a degree, did the individual(s) fail?
Tart 11and tb11 - I agree with you
Here is a list of Canadians who went on to the NBA: Leo Rautins made a point about NBA:
* Joel Anthony
* Norm Baker
* Hank Biasatti (born in Italy, but a Canadian citizen)
* Ron Crevier
* Bobby Croft
* Samuel Dalembert (born in Haiti, naturalized in Canada, represents Canadan
internationally)
* Rick Fox (dual citizen of The Bahamas and Canada; represented Canada
internationally) - Drafted 1991
* Stewart Granger -
* Lars Hansen (born in Denmark, naturalized in Canada, represented Canada
internationally)
* Bob Houbregs
* Todd MacCulloch - Drafted 1999
* Jamaal Magloire - drafted 1999 or 2000
* Steve Nash (born in South Africa, naturalized in Canada, represents
Canada internationally) - Drafted 1996
* Leo Rautins
* Mike Smrek
* Gino Sovran
* Ernie Vandeweghe
* Bill Wennington
* Jim Zoet
In the last 19years roughly 4 players were drafted to the NBA that were Canadian, How many of those 4 players were drafted from a Canadian University? so the question is, when is the gap going to be closed? when we decided to treat our Athletes the way the US treat their athletes.
The last Canadian University basketball player to be drafted into the NBA was Will Njoku in 1994. He attended St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the draft 41st overall. He never played for them, but played professionally for 10 years in Europe and Asia. He was a 6ft-10 power forward to my knowledge. The others on the list Steve Nash (Santa Clara), Todd MacCulloch (University of Washington), Jamaal Magloire (University of Kentucky), Samuel Dalembert (Seton Hall), Joel Anthony went to Dawson College in Quebec got from the team...went to Pensecola Community college in Florida and then transferred to (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) and then blew up....Leo Rautins went to Syracuse, Bill Wennington went to St. Johns. I think it is hard to tell kids do as I say not as I do.