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sports.aol.com - 12/10/2007
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Astute blogger PhDribble considered the existence of NBA player development as a balance against the MLB farm system. Henry Abbott took up the issue , concluding there isn't a) much time and b) much motivation for serious player development given the frequency with which the coaching guillotine is used. PhDribble notes Detroit's success with Jason Maxiell and Amir Johnson , and yes, this has ...
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Players' development arrested: The NBDL, reconsidered
We Rite Goode —
... and Ziller since weighing in--there's no need to re-rite our lost words (General conclusion by all: It's every man for himself out there.) Instead, we'll lay out a proposal for a better future, where teams *do* cultivate their young: Use the NBDL as the NBA's minor-leagues. Yes--it's brilliant and revolutionary, right? Wasn't that the NBDL's point, in the first place? Well, not really. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When the developmental league was announced in March of 2000, the NBA was reacting to a PR ...
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