The table below shows how much money the high school seniors and college freshmen were paid during each of their first 5 seasons in the NBA, on average. For the sake of brevity, I’ll refer to NBA players who were drafted right out of high school as “high school seniors” and NBA players who were drafted immediately after their freshman year of college as “college freshmen.” Salaries high school seniors who were drafted in 2001-2005 and the 36 college freshmen who were drafted in 2006-2010 (the one-and-done rule was implemented prior to the 2006 NBA draft) and see if there are any noticeable differences in the players’ salaries, number of playoff appearances, and number of All-Star games.
ONE AND DONE PROFESSIONAL
The purpose of this article is to determine whether or not raising the age limit did, in fact, smooth young players’ transition to the NBA, so we will be comparing the first 5 years of prep-to-pro players’ professional careers with the first 5 years of one-and-done players’ professional careers. The organizations believed that players who were drafted straight out of high school had trouble adjusting to the NBA, and the “one-and-done” rule would give future players more time to develop their skills and physically mature before entering the draft. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association claimed that they were acting in young athletes’ best interest when they raised the league’s age limit from 18 to 19.
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