Jabari Dec. 20

[Archaea]

The more I ponder the Jabari recruiting affair, the more it makes me feel used.

Here is a guy pining away for the NBA and but for the NBA rule, would go there right away. So he, probably through his father's guidance, plan a marketing strategem going coast to coast for schools and end up singling out the three schools mostly like to give him a Fina Four spot next year to up his contract.

Then they position as this nice Mormon kid who doesn't think about fame and fortune. They make allusions to academics, even though he'll barely get his books before he leaves. Clever marketing but I feel very used.

Why LDS would root for him is beyond me, but I generally eschew the NBA, given its group of thugs and criminals.