Student Athletes: The Benefits Of Playing Basketball

All of over the country, there are many young boys who play basketball at a very competitive level. When asked, most of them would say that they want to be a professional basketball player when they get older and play in the National Basketball Association known as the NBA. Some of these players, who tend to have very special talents playing basketball, actually are gifted enough to play professionally right out of high school. Their goal is to get to NBA as quickly as possible, but they have to play at least one year at the collegiate level. Many different things can happen within this year. It can either help or hurt their draft stock, can face an injury playing at the collegiate level, and many kids rely on going to the NBA to take care of their families. With that being said, the one and done rule should be eliminated and they should let …show more content…
The wear and tear on the bodies can easily lead to injuries, minor or major. Even though all injuries are serious, the major ones are what you have to watch out for. Broken bones, or ACL tear is what every basketball player wants to avoid, especially if they are trying to play professionally. If a player gets injured that had potential draft stock, most of that draft stock, if not all of it, is diminished. Their dreams of playing professionally are ended, or hopefully, just postponed. Kevin Ware was a player at the University of Louisville. I was watching the game as they were playing against Duke University in the NCAA tournament. He went through a freak injury where he fractured his shinbone against them. This injury caused him to lose his scholarship at the University of Louisville, and start his collegiate career at a mid-major university. Out of high school, Ware was good enough play professionally. If he would have went straight to the league this injury could have been