Jeremy Tyler skipping Senior Year

[Pugz]

Jeremy Tyler has decided to forgo his senior year of high school and turn pro.

Yes, high school.

This isn’t some sign of the sporting apocalypse or a teenager with an overvalued sense of worth. It’s a daring, trailblazing yet well-thought out move that challenges the bizarre way America develops amateur basketball players.

Tyler is an agile 6-11, 260-pound San Diego native, the nation’s top player in the junior class who already committed to the University of Louisville. He’s as close to a can’t-miss NBA prospect as there is; a tantalizing mix of size, speed and smarts. Scouts project him to be the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft, when he’s eligible under the NBA’s age requirements.

In the meantime, Jeremy Tyler’s options were to:

1. Spend the next year at his local school, San Diego High, where he faces quadruple teams and isn’t experiencing much development; or

2. Transfer to a basketball factory in some rural outpost back East which has a big-time team but resembles a traditional high school in name only; and then

3. Play college ball for a few months dealing with NCAA limitations on practice time and coaching contact while competing against many of the same guys he has the last few years.

All for free, of course.




“I know I can do great things with my talent. My goal in life is to get better. Playing with the pro guys will get me a lot better faster. It will help me fulfill my dreams of playing in the NBA.”

– Jeremy Tyler

Instead Jeremy and his father, James, who owns his own home improvement company and is about to open a family restaurant, surveyed the traditional route, decided it made little sense, and went looking for a new plan. They called retired sneaker executive and hoops deal maker Sonny Vaccaro and plotted a course for Europe.

It isn’t the easy way – hanging out in high school, AAU and college is safer and far less demanding – but it is what they believe will be the best way to prepare for the NBA. It’s exactly what a teenager of comparable talent would do if they were pursuing a career in music, acting, tennis, hockey or even academics.

“It may not be the best way to get to the NBA, but it’s the best way to get ready for the NBA,” Jeremy Tyler told Yahoo! Sports this week. His decision was first reported by the New York Times.

“I know I can do great things with my talent,” Tyler continued. “My goal in life is to get better. Playing with the pro guys will get me a lot better faster. It will help me fulfill my dreams of playing in the NBA.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_ylt=AqgA...o&type=lgns

I guess this could be in NBA too, so if you wanna move it then feel free.

 

[MapleLeaf]

lol if he doesn't make it in the nba, what will he do? he's a high school dropout

 

[PiStoL31PeTe]

hopefully things work out for him but if he does get drafted then i dont really see him playing alot.

 

[.GR]

What a moron!

 

[Pugz]

He'll be better then he would if he went to college for a year, plus I'm sure his team he chooses will make him take night classes and <Censored> like that.

 

[dcrosco76]

What a moron!

I agree what happens if in car accident and cannot play ball? Then he will be another statistic.

 

[The Young One]

Good not long a high school diploma is gonna mean anything to him when he is in the league.

 

[JoshHoward5]

lol if he doesn't make it in the nba, what will he do? he's a high school dropout

He can give seminars to high school kids, about not dropping out of high school.

 

[The Young One]

lol if he doesn't make it in the nba, what will he do? he's a high school dropout

He is gonna take classes to get his GED. And if he doesnt make the league he can still play overseas.

 

[Dice-J]

He'll be a second round pick

 

[Pugz]

He'll be a second round pick

lol, he's gunna be even better by going overseas.

 

[Pugz]

Jeremy Tyler has reportedly found a deal in Europe, several months after dropping out of high school, according to a Tweet from Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.

'Hearing Jeremy Tyler close to signing 3 year deal with Olimpija Ljubljana, Euroleague team from Slovenia. $150k per, 400k buyout after 2 yr.'

Via DraftExpress

 

[YoYoYoMan]

He is gonna take classes to get his GED. And if he doesnt make the league he can still play overseas.

guess so