Question: what is the odds of becoming a professional athlete?
Answer: -- High school senior players who go on to play NCAA men`s basketball: Less than one in 35, or 2.9 percent. -- NCAA senior players drafted by an NBA team: Less than one in 75, or 1.3 percent. -- High school senior players eventually drafted by an NBA team: About three in 10,000, or 0.03 percent.