ravidubey
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The high school to pro rate is .03% in NBA vs .08% in the NFL.
Things in the NBA that make competition harder for rookies than the NFL:
- Smaller roster size (15 vs 53). There are 546,335 college bound basketball players for every 1,071,775 football players but they are competing for about 1/3 the number of spots.
- Less Attrition. There were only 17 NBA retirements total in 2014-2015 and the youngest was 29
- Flexible salary cap (Larry Bird rule, luxury tax) tailored to veterans allows more existing players to be retained than revenue can support
- Smaller cap. 63 million vs 148 million. NBA rookie min is $507,336 vs $435,000 in NFL, but counts for .8% of the cap vs .3% of the NFL cap
Things in the NBA that make it easier for rookies than the NFL:
- More bang for buck. Each NBA player has 3-4 times the impact of an NFL player, so while they count a larger percentage of the cap (8:3), they represent more value making the ratio closer to 2:3 or 1:3.
Things in the NBA that make competition harder for rookies than the NFL:
- Smaller roster size (15 vs 53). There are 546,335 college bound basketball players for every 1,071,775 football players but they are competing for about 1/3 the number of spots.
- Less Attrition. There were only 17 NBA retirements total in 2014-2015 and the youngest was 29
- Flexible salary cap (Larry Bird rule, luxury tax) tailored to veterans allows more existing players to be retained than revenue can support
- Smaller cap. 63 million vs 148 million. NBA rookie min is $507,336 vs $435,000 in NFL, but counts for .8% of the cap vs .3% of the NFL cap
Things in the NBA that make it easier for rookies than the NFL:
- More bang for buck. Each NBA player has 3-4 times the impact of an NFL player, so while they count a larger percentage of the cap (8:3), they represent more value making the ratio closer to 2:3 or 1:3.