College should be the developmental league: college basketball was good enough for Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas, but it has become obvious David Stern has no use for it.(COLLEGE BASKETBALL)

From: The Sporting News | Date: April 29, 2005| Author: DeCourcy, Mike | Copyright information

By the time he opened his mouth and demonstrated there remains much he does not know about the sport of basketball, Jermaine O'Neal had missed 3,302 shots during his NBA career. None was as wildly off the mark, though, as his assertion that racism might have something to do with the league's consideration of an age minimum in its next collective bargaining agreement.

No, Jermaine. Racism is not the NBA's problem. Arrogance is the problem.

NBA commissioner Dav...

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