Lute Olson has come out to the LA Times in this article and has said he will no longer recruit high school seniors who are expected to play one season of college basketball before going on to playing in the NBA.
This situation has come from the news out of Brandon Jennings camp where he spurned going to college and instead will go to Europe to play basketball. Jerryd Bayless who recently came to Arizona left after one year also played a role in this statement.
"It's a situation now that if someone's a 'one-and-done,' we're not going to pursue them anymore, no way," Olson said from his Tucson office.
Olson also suggests that the NCAA and the NBA need to revamp the one and done rule and change it to allow high school seniors to go pro right away or go to college for a mandatory two years.
Olson suggests that elite prep players be given a choice: opt to declare for the NBA draft immediately after high school, or be committed to spending a minimum of two years (Olson would prefer three) in college.
"Jerryd said all along he wanted to stay here two years," Olson said. "But then you get the agents working on the kids and parents all year. You might have the kid in your controlled environment for some time, but when [outsiders are] on the parents, you have no idea what's going on."
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