Jalen Green made the latest attempt to jump directly from high school to the NBA. Since the 2005 NBA Draft featured Andrew Bynum, Gerald Green and the final round of prep-to-pros prospects, one-and-done forced top prospects to college.<\/p>\n
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That changed recently as stars like LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton opted to go overseas. The 2020 high school class made a bolder move with Jalen Green spearheading a new G-League system for high school prospects. Billy Donovan, who coached at Florida and now in the NBA with the Thunder, joined Jeff Goodman’s Good N’ Plenty Podcast on CLNS Media<\/a> to discuss this trend along with Florida memories.<\/p>\n “This is the dilemma,” he said. “When I see games, when was the last time you really saw besides the really elite players in the NBA post-up? There’s no post-up game, because of a narrower lane and because in the college game you can play in the low post. I think until we become unified in the rules, where the court dimensions and everything are the same, it’s different.”<\/p>\n