"A better way to the NBA?"

[SignGuyDino]

Uhhhh...

http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=84286&sc=92

[htrain]

just read that....devino is an outstanding player but there's no way he could believe that the aba is better way to the nba than the ncaa. I mean whats the ratio of ncaa players that made it to the nba vs. aba players that made it to the nba like a gazillion to 1?

[South Atlantic]

The ABA is not on the NBA list of places to find the next big thing. However, there are always going to be exceptions to the rule. In this situation, is a kid who is 19-years old worth looking at if the talent level is there? Sure. I would by kidding you if I said, 'not a chance'.

But it also helps to be playing in a situation where your development is not masked by stats or mere hype. Actually, we are just hoping you are developing as an individual player. A lot of coaches, GM's, Director of Operations that have surfaced in the ABA are not the best teachers, or evaluators of talent. Some see jumping ability, skin color, warmup shooters, etc. as they select their squads. Some played at high levels yet does not qualify them to develop players.

So in a nutshell, if a player is worth a look at, the rock will be un covered. If a young player in the ABA is worth a look, he needs to be professionally developing at a higher clip than he would had he attended college.

[preeths]

That may all be true, but that doesn't make the ABA a better place to be discovered than the NCAA. Look at how many college games are televised or attended by scouts. If he was in the NCAA, a scout could be there to watch someone on the other team or just watching on TV and see him have a big game accidentally. The odds of just getting lucky and being discovered are so much greater than those in the ABA, particularly in Halifax, where someone will have to go out of the way to watch him. And even then, how much do they know about the quality of competition?

[South Atlantic]

The fact that this player has made his choice of playing in a 'pro' league, thus unable to play at an NCAA four-year institution, is what I made reference to. There is not a doubt in anyone's mind (minus the 2% of agents, thiefs, scammers, advisors, etc.) that the NCAA should have been his choice.

My reference as to the NBA or anyone really scouting him is in reference to any upside and player development he is getting in Halifax. And as I referenced to in a previous post, the NBA stears quite clear of the shipwreck known as the ABA. Problem is, the 2% of folks mentioned above convince their naive 'player' into believing he is the man, or the thing, or whatever they can to get something out of them when/if they hit it big.