This week, Chiefs Wire's Ed Easton Jr. spoke with ESPN basketball ***** yst Jay Bilas.
In his interview with Easton Jr., Bilas discusses his participation in this year's American Century Championship, which will take place July 10-12 at Edgewood Tahoe and air on NBC and Peacock. He shared his thoughts on the impact of NIL and the transfer portal on NFL and NBA draft front-office evaluation decisions.
"I think everybody competes hard (at the American Century Championship), and they want to do well, but at the same time everybody realized we're not PGA Tour players," said Bilas, "This is a hobby for us, so you have to show yourself a little grace too."
A significant change in the NFL and NBA draft evaluation process has been players' adjustment to multiple schools in college due to NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) and the transfer portal.
"It just depends on the why of it. Look, we see players moving from AAU team to AAU team; they switch high schools, which wasn't really a thing when I was younger, so it's more a part of the culture now." said Bilas, "But I think if it's a, you could argue, it's a question of stability, or, but I don't think the NBA would really worry about that too much, unless there was something about the player's personality that was some red flag for him. The NBA is after talent. One of the things we've seen, especially with NIL, is that players are staying in school longer, waiting until they're ready, or getting drafted where they want to be drafted."
In his interview with Easton Jr., Bilas discusses his participation in this year's American Century Championship, which will take place July 10-12 at Edgewood Tahoe and air on NBC and Peacock. He shared his thoughts on the impact of NIL and the transfer portal on NFL and NBA draft front-office evaluation decisions.
"I think everybody competes hard (at the American Century Championship), and they want to do well, but at the same time everybody realized we're not PGA Tour players," said Bilas, "This is a hobby for us, so you have to show yourself a little grace too."
A significant change in the NFL and NBA draft evaluation process has been players' adjustment to multiple schools in college due to NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) and the transfer portal.
"It just depends on the why of it. Look, we see players moving from AAU team to AAU team; they switch high schools, which wasn't really a thing when I was younger, so it's more a part of the culture now." said Bilas, "But I think if it's a, you could argue, it's a question of stability, or, but I don't think the NBA would really worry about that too much, unless there was something about the player's personality that was some red flag for him. The NBA is after talent. One of the things we've seen, especially with NIL, is that players are staying in school longer, waiting until they're ready, or getting drafted where they want to be drafted."
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