Dream on: Five NBA names who should shock the world by returning to college basketball

We are in a Wild West era of college basketball. James Nnaji, the 31st pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, recently enrolled at Baylor and may debut this week. Trentyn Flowers, who has scored in NBA games, is reportedly drawing interest from college programs. Kenny Lofton Jr., who had a 42-point, 14-rebound NBA game in 2023, recently posted on Instagram that he’s enrolling at Louisiana Tech.   So as absurd as it sounds, any player who has not exhausted his college eligibility — Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and others — could play college basketball. If you want someone to blame for this mess, look no further than former NCAA president Mark Emmert. During his tenure from 2010 to 2023, Emmert refused to embrace the changing landscape of college athletics. Instead of figuring a fair way to share some of the billions of dollars of yearly revenue with college athletes, Emmert fought and lost lawsuit after lawsuit for years until it was too late. By tRead More