The Rookie Transition Program has been regarded as a mere formality since its inception. There is, after all, only so much that league officials can do to warn their players of the temptations and pitfalls to come.
It's one of many strategies the league employs that initially appeared to be superficial. And yet over the course of the last decade or so, we've seen considerable change in the collective mindset and approach of the bulk of NBA players.
Henry Abbott of TrueHoop was on the scene for this year's Rookie Transition Program and took note of the good work being done to further the evolution of the modern NBA athlete:
As designed by the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association, the program is heavy on avoiding tricks: financial advisors with an eye on raiding the nest egg, gamblers eager to rope players into conspiracies and women scheming to entrap husbands are all on the agenda.
But after spending a day roaming the conference center halls with the generally delightful, upstanding and promising 60 players of the Class of 2012, it's clear that one of the dirtiest tricks facing young players today is the persis ...
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Rookie Transition Program: A Look at the New NBA Athlete
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