Kendrick Perkins- Public school is ruining your kid's NBA dreams

[duckbutta]

Not being 6"3" when they are 15 is probably holding more kids back from basketball than public schools.

 

[Primetime]

For the bolded: Blame fakkit ass conservatives and their insane dedication to decentralized govt. Pieces of shyt are perfectly fine to let public schools rot into dysfunction as long as they can funnel their kids into Christian, 99.9% CAC private and charter schools.

Yea, I don't disagree. Hell, a number of my friends from college graduated with aspirations to be teachers and even went on to programs like Teach for America (which iirc is willingly teach at the more troubled public schools for x-amount of years and get your school loans waived/paid off). 5-10 years into their career many ended up quitting and citing that they loved the kids but the overall system and politics behind it all was garbage... rotten and rotting. I typically hear the same feedback whenever i ask any teacher their thoughts on that topic.

Number of them even cite the ish i mentioned earlier that it's not about teaching the kids shyt that's practical for society or helping them grow, but teaching enough of them how to pass the standardized tests, else face the wrath of the higher ups. Really speaks to a larger issue that's off topic, which is that those rich conservatives don't feel it's in their best interest to have those from the mud be taught how not to get fukked over by loans or about tax breaks. Easier to keep foot on neck, plus they know most the parents of those kids (and their great grand parents before them, etc) ain't gon know that shyt... not until it's too late anyway. But i digress.

 

[aceboon]

why Perk cursing so much

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

why Perk cursing so much

Cause he didn’t have to worry about being decent in academics. He was a 6’10” buffoon he probably got bumped up cause of his athletic abilities. His opinion on anything education related should be taken as seriously as Linda McMahon’s opinion

 

[ALonelyDad]

Real fathers build their kids a fake school so they can inflate their stats and then when they dont make the NBA they can be a youtube influencer

 

[thenatural]

I see why the white lady changed her major. I've never heard of a "Calc Four" class. Mainly because it doesn't exist. Also, I'm pretty sure kids from pre-k to 4th grade aren't learning about the quadratic equation or derivatives. She didn't want to take a calculus class but some majors require you take reqs you'll never use in your career. But that's college, not secondary education. Nothing wrong with a kid learning how to conduct research and writing a paper.

Perk sounds like a person that went straight from HS to the league. All of those prep school kids aren't shoe-ins. It's not a "So You're Moving to Turkey. Now What?" class. There also isn't an "Become an Expert Entrepreneur" class and if there was, you need more than just basic math, reading, and writing to excel at being one.

 

[ecnirp1]

this idiot is promoting math classes while harping on the unimportance of science.

 

[theflyest]

I remember Perkins one time complaining that one of his younger sons was the only black person on a team and being the only black people in his neighborhood.

I’m over here thinking you should have the money and resources to put your family in a more comfortable space. Admittedly I didn’t listen to the video, but I bet he’s complaining about a public school that HE chose instead of looking for a situation that works better for his family.

 

[MushroomX]

Not taking any advice from some retard acting like Algebra class is what kept him from averaging more than 5 points a game.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Problem is there’s a finite amount of spots in the NBA and even in college, and truthfully no one is guaranteed anything

There’s a definite risk to placing all your eggs into the basket of “My kid is making into the NBA/NFL/MLB/etc” bc what happens if it doesn’t work out and all your kid knows is playing their sport that you’ve had them on tunnel vision for the past decade plus?

It’s interesting bc I watched the clip of Club 520 talking about this, and they were saying how beneficial it is also to have a “home base” from playing in your community, which is something you can’t get bouncing around prep programs

Facts.

My theory is either you got "it" or you don't.

The NBA ain't going anywhere.

Get a well rounded education and focus on academics. Unless you're a LeBron freak of nature where you're clearly ready at 17.....don't specialize. Elite talent will find it's way to the top.

Play other sports so you avoid those overuse injuries. Run track, do wrestling...mix it up. That's what the OGs did

 

[Da_Eggman]

The nba gonna be a an all euro league in 15 years

 

[Primetime]

If the kid is nice by the time they’re 11-12 years old somebody from somewhere will try to scoop em up..

If you’re playing public school ball there will be travel ball coaches around ..The refs know nikkas who are tapped in with public ball/prep .

If your kid is in the 8th grade and you have not been approached by em your kid isn’t nice.

Girls volleyball runs the same exact way

This is my stance as well.

Ultimately what's happening to youth basketball and youth sports in general was an inevitability. Ugly and predatory? Absolutely, but inevitable. And tbf, it was always predatory... it's just that college institutions and licensed sports agents were funneling it all for themselves whereas now the gates are open to everyone at all levels.

We hear all the time how fukked the economy is, so once you tell families hey your kid don't even gotta make it to the NBA, he (or she) just has to be a very good to great college athlete and they could pocket $100k/year at uni (or 1 million+/year if they're really popular)... and yea, that's going to have a domino effect on high school, AAU, youth ball, any and everything.

Hell, Gilbert Arenas told his son don't marry or knock up a girl that ain't at least 5'10 or some ish bc 6'5 will be the new 6'1 as far as the point guard position goes.

 

[ISO]

Absolutely.

Even in general fukk athletics, if they aren’t in a great public school you’re limiting your child’s potential.