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Green has won three gold medals with the United States at the junior level and was named most valuable player (MVP) of the "There was also uncertainty about where I would be playing [in the G League]. He could have been the No. Jalen Green goes in depth on his decision to forgo college and play in the G League, as well as how he can get better throughout the year.Jalen Green goes in depth on his decision to forgo college and play in the G League, as well as how he can get better throughout the year.Stephen A. Smith reacts to No. We have kids leaving the United States -- Texas and California and Georgia -- to go around the world to play, and our NBA community has to travel there to scout them. "The NBA's talks remain stalled with the National Basketball Players Association on an agreement to end the one-and-done draft model, leaving this revamped pro pathway program as a bridge to what is believed will be the eventual elimination of the rule requiring American players to wait a year after high school graduation before entering the draft.Green is committing to become part of a yearlong developmental program with G League oversight that will include professional coaching, top prospects and veteran players who will combine training and exhibition competitions against the likes of G League teams, foreign national teams and NBA academies throughout the world, sources said.The season could include 10 to 12 games against G League teams that wouldn't count in standings, sources said. NBA commissioner Adam Silver and G League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim have worked to eliminate two massive hurdles to convincing players uninterested in college basketball to pass on the lucrative National Basketball League of Australia by providing a massive salary increase and a structure that doesn't include playing full time in the G League.Once top 2020 draft prospects LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton chose to play professionally in Australia this year, Silver became more determined in pushing Abdur-Rahim to explore a financial and basketball structure that enticed top American prospects. 1 Jalen Green leads notable risers in the updated ESPN 100 Jalen Green takes over the top spot in the ESPN 100 rankings for 2020. They should be in our development system. Hampton signed a shoe deal with Chinese sneaker company Li-Ning as part of an endorsement deal he signed after committing to the Australian NBL.Green is expected to be in line for a seven-figure shoe deal this year, sources said. 6-5, 180 | Class of 2020. 1 prospect in the 2020 ESPN 100, is making the leap to a reshaped NBA professional pathway program -- a … He … That's counterintuitive. "That's a real program that the NBL has," Abdur-Rahim told ESPN.
The primary objective will be assimilation and growth into the NBA on several levels -- from playing to the teaching of life skills.The salary bonus structure in Green's contract, for example, is expected to include financial incentives for games played, completing community events and attending life skills programs coordinated by the G League's oversight of the program, sources said.The NBA's plan is to stock this team with veteran pro players who would be willing to balance mentorship of Green and other prospects with the personal opportunities that might emerge because of the intense NBA scouting exposure that will come with these teams.Former NBA Coach of the Year Sam Mitchell is expected to be considered as one of the candidates to lead the team, sources said.Abdur-Rahim and G League executive Rod Strickland have spent over a year communicating with families of top prospects about changes that would be needed in the NBA's original plan to deliver a viable alternative to college basketball and other global professional leagues.Abdur-Rahim reported back to Silver on the factors that he believed needed altering for the program to become viable. No. With the uncertainty surrounding college sports environments for the coming year in a pandemic, the professional pathway program could represent a controlled environment that more ensures development and care for the NBA's most prized resource: its young talent.Without the restrictions of NCAA amateurism rules, players are free to hire agents, profit from likenesses and pursue marketing deals from sneaker companies worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He finished his high school career at Prolific Prep in Napa, California. He was a consensus five-star recruit and the best shooting guard in the 2020 class, with ESPN ranking him number one overall. First, we should note that Jalen Green is not your average prospect. Jalen Green, the No. Also, those advising players had a trepidation about top high schoolers losing draft value by getting overmatched on G League rosters against older, more mature players, as well as the mentally and physically taxing minor league lifestyle. New No. Adrian Wojnarowski California high school star Jalen Green, the No. The idea of getting dropped into remote G League cities as a teenager concerned families too.