Lets be honest, the coaches at these programs aren’t looking out for the best interest of the kids. The coaches are looking out for what is best for their career. A mid major guy gets the best player he can get to his school, that school gets better , the coach gets a job offer at a bigger conference and leaves all those kids behind that he made promises to about their time at that school with him as coach.

Most of these kids are not influenced by the opportunity of getting a degree , but rather told about the quickest way to get to the league through a program with national exposure. Most people in the inner circle of these elite recruits are “yes men”, nobody wants to be the one to say no in fear of being left out of the potential fruits of the NBA.

If the kid is unhappy, he is allowed to make a mistake, don’t make him jump through hoops to transfer. But again, the league should develop a minor league system, so they can have these young men learn how to be professionals while getting paid for their talents. Having them go to college is a joke and a waste of time for all involved.

Hopefully no one told him that the transition would be easy. That being said, go to class, go to practice work hard, and don’t do interviews expressing homesickness.

Why Georgia Tech? Do you know Parker personally and what’s best for him? Or are you simply a fan of the Yellow Jackets?

Lastly I don’t disagree that the system is broken. I simply found it laughable that a college basketball player who probably travels extensively during summer AAU tours has to somehow “adapt” to west coast living, as the author suggested.

Some kids just thrive better when they already know where everything is located. The young man should have gone to Georgia Tech.

Instead of the HS to NBA jump the new trend is loading a program with elite freshman each season and these guys then all jump together.

The NBA really needs to create a viable minor league to develop kids instead of wasting College Basketball time with kids who nobody remembers after one season that the media has hyped up to be the next great superstar.