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[quote=Anonymous]Don't freak out yet. The NBA (NFL etc.) all have off seasons. It is fairly common in the NFL for guys to leave college a year early but then take classes every off season until they finish. If it can be done in football, no reason it can't be done in basketball. So he WILL get his college degree, but it's just that if he has 2 semesters left, instead of taking 1 more calendar year -- it'll take more like 2 yrs (bc he'd be going a semester at a time in the off season). He's so young - is 2 yrs the end of the world?

As for the MBA-- I'm sure you're aware that to get into a top b-school like Northwestern or others, you need work experience. Everyone applying has done 2-5 yrs in ibanking, consulting, corporate. Your DS would have something TOTALLY different. That sets his applications apart right there. (And he can also pick up a more traditional job for 1-2 yrs after the NBA and THEN apply so he has NBA + regular work experience.)

And MOST importantly -- I assume going to b school, he wants to do something in finance (not necessarily - but a lot of the Northwestern crowd ends up in IB, PE, trading, equity research etc.) These fields are like 95+% guys. Believe me when I tell you college athletes get a HUGE leg up in recruiting -- bc every associate/partner/managing director that interviews them dreams of what it would have been like if they were the college sports stud and thinks these guys are awesome for having done it. I went to Penn -- a nothing sports school, and guys on the wrestling team with relatively bad grades were getting offers left and right (while their peers with great grades were sweating it out for offers) bc guys interviewing them were SO impressed with the fact that they balanced sports + school. So if COLLEGE D1 gets SUCH an advantage -- can you imagine  the advantage PROFESSIONAL players get?

If he gets drafted by any NBA team at any level, he should go for it. It is a RARE opportunity -- to be a star or to be a bench warmer -- and it'll set him up for his professional career more than you realize right now.[/quote]

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