斯特恩：选秀年龄门槛不会更改
斯特恩：选秀年龄门槛不会更改NBA总裁大卫-斯特恩(David Stern)周一宣布，他不会对现有的选秀准入的年龄门槛进行调整。
斯特恩表示他认为现在19岁的门槛非常合适，他无意将之提高到20岁。
“我们希望在赛场内外都能提高年轻球员的各方面能力，不管他们最终是否投身NBA，”斯特恩说，“我们希望通过(大学的)比赛来提高年轻球员对于团队合作、纪律和刻苦努力的重要性的认识。”
Stern: Minimum age won't changeSAN ANTONIO, Texas - NBA commissioner David Stern said yesterday that although he believes a 20-year-old minimum age for players would be an improvement, it is not the highest priority.
The league's minimum age is 19. Stern said he has no plans to reopen the NBA's collective bargaining agreement to make a change.
At the Final Four, Stern and NCAA president Myles Brand unveiled a new initiative designed to enhance youth basketball programs across the United States in terms of educating young people, coaching and officiating.
"We are going to work on on-the-court and off-the-court skills of young players, whether they ultimately make it into the NBA or they don't," Stern said yesterday. "We're going to use the values of the game to improve people's understanding of teamwork, discipline and hard work."
Stern and Brand were joined by officials from a cross-section of parties with interest in youth basketball, including USA Basketball, the AAU, coaches' associations, Nike and Adidas. The NBA and NCAA will initially fund the initiative.
