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Report: Olson done with 1-and-done players

Arizona coach says he'd like to see NBA change rule on early entry players

Lute Olson
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Arizona coach Lute Olson says he's taking a stand on one-and-done players, and he wants the NBA to change its early entry rule.
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updated 8:33 p.m. ET July 11, 2008

Lute Olson, Arizona's men's basketball coach, says he has had it with one-year-and-done players.

Two days after former Arizona signee Brandon Jennings decided to play in Europe next season, the 73-year-old coach told the Los Angeles Times that he has no interest anymore in high-level prospects who are likely to jump to the NBA as soon as they become eligible.

"It's a situation now that if someone's a 'one-and-done,' we're not going to pursue them anymore, no way," Olson told the Times on Thursday, adding that he'd would like to see NBA rules governing young players' entry into the draft rewritten.

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The rule Olson was referring to makes players eligible for the draft after they're 19 and one season removed from their senior year in high school. The rule expires after the 2010-11 season.

Olson recently lost guard Jerryd Bayless to the NBA after one season. Bayless was drafted 11th overall in June by the Indiana Pacers, who then traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Jennings was slated to be the Wildcats' starting point guard next season, but his eligibility came into question when the results of his second SAT exam were flagged by the NCAA. The scores from a third SAT were due this week.

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