When South Carolina men’s basketball coach Frank Martin has thoughts on something, he often won’t hold back.
One such issue is the NBA age limit, which produced the one-and-done phenomenon, and Martin’s words appeared several times in a wide-ranging story from CBS Sports on the topic. Many basketball coaches favored the baseball model, where players ideally either go pro out of high school or stay three years, but Martin’s ideas were used to look at the larger picture.
“I get frustrated with the way everything is spun,” Martin said. “Everyone wants to blame college basketball, that we’re using these kids.