Playboy's College Basketball Preview

December, 2000

Playboy's College Basketball PreviewFor a while now, college basketball has been losing its best players as early entrants into the NBA. We were thankful that Magic and Isiah gave their schools and fans two years each before turning pro. Michael, Hakeem and Shaq gave us three. There was always more talent to recruit, new stars to be made. However, when Kevin Garnett jumped directly from high school to the Timberwolves in 1995 and Kobe Bryant skipped college in 1996 to join the pros, there was no...