oscar wrote:If he goes to a high level league overseas you can make a very good living playing a game. NBA has changed so much it's all about the 3's. Not sure one year of prep matters at this level most top prospects are one and done not many spending 4 years in college. Thats why seeing kids like Tatum at 19 is friggin crazy how good any young these players are.
oscar: Agree, but Mayo needed more time to develop his strength, stamina, etc. plus prep school would have given him that opportunity. He didn't turn 18 until August after he graduated in June.
Prep school gives a player a chance to get used of being away from home, longer, harder practices, longer game schedule, adjust quicker to better competition in practices, games and most importantly they know what level of D-1 they belong at because of which level major, mid major low major schools recruits him the most.
Every Maine high school player who wants to be an impact player at D-1 by their soph year needs to go to Prep school.
I have had several that didn't go to prep school tell me that they should have gone to prep school as they would have so much better prepared for the rigors of the D-1 game at any level.
Nick Cander-Medley from Deering High played 4 years at Maryland which is a much higher level major then EK low major and he was a better athlete then Mayo and he coudn't make it to the NBA, but like you said has made a nice living playing overseas.
No Maine high school player has ever made it to the NBA. Only two college players that played in Maine or at UMaine to make the NBA was Rick Carlisle from NY and Jeff Cross from NH.