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Tom Izzo misses point on new G-League rule. 18-year-olds deserve freedom

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo isn’t a fan of the NBA’s new Gatorade League commitment to offer a handful of elite high school prospects $125,000 a year to skip college.

“We're constantly making rules that we think gives kids freedom at 18 years old,” the MSU coach said during MSU's media day on Thursday. “And I'm wondering who in the hell needs freedom at 18 years old?”

Um … I did?

Maybe you did.

Certainly, LeBron James did.

OK, he was — and still is — an outlier, having handled his business as well as any professional athlete ever has.