JuJu Watkins is good enough for the WNBA, but 19-year-olds aren’t allowed

​​For years, the NBA allowed the best high school stars to jump directly from the amateur to professional level. That’s since changed to the current world of “one-and-done” players going to college, or overseas, for a season before trying their hand at the top level. In the WNBA, four years is required to make that jump.

While the reasons are valid for making players wait in a league with only 12 active teams, and three more on the way, there are no LeBron James-like situations where generational talent doesn’t have to wait to prove themselves to the world. That’s a shame, because down the road from James and

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