NBA was, and for the most part, still is the greatest combination of basketball players in the entire world. The league has been shifting in an awkwardly pattern as of the last couple of years. There have been more and more underclassmen, and high school graduates entering the NBA draft, and making it onto a NBA team. This has lowered the quality of play since the early nineties and prior. Now, it is not to say that these young new athletes are now good, but their fundamentals, and mental ethic, and work ethic are questionable when it comes to the past standards of the NBA. At any rate, these new young players are making some fresh new dollars. Kevin Garnett, who was drafted right out of high school in 1995, signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves for $125 million dollars, over seven years. There are people in the United States that do not make that much in a lifetime. Thousands on a day-to-day basis wear these players’ jerseys. Every time a consumer buys one of their jerseys, they see a little sum of that income. Not only are they basketball players, but they also become members of the modeling industry. They are “marketable” and clothing lines, shoe apparel, and everyday products flock to get their endorsement or attention. This also is how these NBA stars bring in more income a year. Some ask if these players being paid too much are worth it, and also if it makes it unfair to those kids who have no choice but to reach for that goal. The NBA does a lot to help out in their local communities, and to reach out to the children and less fortunate. Children see this and they know what they want to do. What could be better in the eyes of a child than to get to play basketball for a living, making millions, and helping other children out. These dreams quickly become fallacies as they enter the upper grades, greatly disappointed in realizing that so many more kids have greater and better abilities...
