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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm a couple years behind you, but also new to sports as I'm a first gen American who didn't play growing up.

My middle school son has been really into baskeball the last couple years.  Just enjoying it and wanting to get better.  I now see there are SO many young kids who train a lot and play at really exceptional levels.

My son is decent, but is he ever going to play college ball? no.  Is he ever going to be in the NBA? of course not.

The competitiveness of playing for even HS teams around here is just ridiculous.  [b]And guess what - none of those kids are going to play for the NBA either. [/b]

I have an older kid in high school and have learned that some sports are "walk on."  This means anyone can play.  We are now steering him away from the competitive rat race of basketball (though will encourage him to keep playing rec) and towards a sport he can definitely play in high school just for the fun of it.

Please don't get overstressed about competitive sports around here.  They are truly pointless and can be soul crushing.

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Guess what? Some, very likely, will. So before you share your valuable opinion about the sport you clearly know nothing about, you might want to brush up on local basketball scene.[/quote]

60 players are drafted into the NBA every year.  In 2024, 20 of them were international players.   So 40 slots for US players vs. about 30,000 college basketball players.

So when you say some of these local HS athletes have a shot at it, what exactly are you talking about? That's less that 1 player for each of the 50 states.
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