The recent draft and subsequent discussion about Big Ol' Tiny have had me thinking there is something wrong with the talent development in the US or that the draft process is not working correctly.

How can the draft process select only 60 players and only 30 of them are seen as actual prospects and the remaining 30 are not guaranteed a place on the roster.

Of the 10's of thousands of players in the college systems, I find it amazing to think that only 60 players a year are good enough to be selected for a team! The 2nd round picks should be good enough to secure a roster spot and playing time, but this is not the case, so it seems to me that there is a development issue in schools.

In Australia we have things like the Victorian and Australian Institutes of Sport that find the best talent in various sports and give them intensive coaching, that is why for a country with only 19mil population we are one of the most successful in world sport. I think the US college Basketball program needs to look at how it is developing players, your Olympic & World Championship record of late is a telling example of how you are in decline. The European nations are getting ahead of you.

Part of this is that your overall system doesn't team team play, it is more about individual play, being the man. That is why teams that play together, play defence and are not reliant upon one person (aka LBJ @ Cav's) can win chamionships.