The NBA will be fine. It is the best sporting enterprise going. We in America have come to love basketball in a way once reserved for that silly old game of baseball. And if the quality of play flags, we might not notice and probably won't care. No, the casualty with the draft wasn't the league the youngsters are joining but the level many of them just left.
College basketball is in trouble.
At every level, basketball is about stars. The NBA just drafted its biggest batch ever. The college game is almost down to zero. Didn't think so. The Final Four became a major event because of Earvin Johnson and Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon.