So now you can play high school ball for a team that isn't actually a high school. And the state of North Carolina is leading the charge with two of them.
Thoughts?

My first one is, "these kids are screwed". We all know that only a small fraction of players find success in the NBA, so while these guys will "graduate" from somewhere that they laughingly take online classes through, the fact is that their educations are being chucked out the window in blatant fashion. That attitude will assuredly carry over to any college that they go to for a year.

So what happens when their high hopes don't pan out the way they and their families expected? Or what if they indeed are amazing players with the skills to go big, and get hurt before their careers ever start? Or even after? (Like they make it, but then blow out a knee in season one.)

The basketball world is becoming more insane by the day.
High school basketball phenom Mikey Williams, a 5-star national recruit, won’t play at Lake Norman Christian for his junior season, but he will still attend the Huntersville private school for classes.
“We’re not going to be sanctioned by any high school association,” Mahlon Williams said, “and we’ll play showcase games against prep schools. We’ll be an all-around club team. We’re adopting the European (basketball) model.”
Another similar school, the N.C. Good Better Best Academy, will open in Durham this fall. McInnis’ former teammate at North Carolina, former NBA star Rasheed Wallace, will be boys basketball coach.
(This is the job that Wallace left Jordan High for...movin' on up!)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-star-ba...215343666.html

PS...I can't see the name "The N.C. Good Better Best Academy" and not think "The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too"