NCAA Basketball: Solutions to benefit the many players entering NBA Draft
By Josh Stevens
Pro Day
Much like college football and how they have a pro day I like the aspect of possibly having a pro day for underclassmen in college basketball. While most of those athletes will never get an invite to the combine what are they really working for? Even if they do find their way to the combine where do you think most of the attention is going to be? I am not a general manager or a scout, but if I was I would be more focused on who I was going to take in the first round than the second. They basically get pushed over and never truly get an honest look.
With giving them the ability to have a pro day it would allow the coaches that are truly interested in the athlete to come and watch them play. They would get the undivided attention as the group would most likely unless you are Kentucky and Duke, be around four kids or less.
There are issues with this though. For one there would be no game action unless they found a way to make the day involve maybe a cluster of schools rather than just one. Next, is that if you have an off day that is all that the scouts really get to see. Finally, the last major issue is that you might just not get any scouts.