Coach K wants to end 1-and-done era

Legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is among those ready to end the one-and-done college era and revamp the NBA draft system.

"In baseball, in theater, in music, if you're 16 and you're really good, you go on a different path," the five-time NCAA champion said Tuesday on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning," according to Dan Steinberg of The Washington Post.

"I really think that high school players should be allowed to go (to the NBA draft). And once they get to college, if (they) don't do that, I think a (mandatory) two-year period, so you legitimize being in college, going for an education. You don't just kind of use the college system as a training ground."

Many in the basketball world, including NBA commissioner Adam Silver, have clamored for the league to overhaul its draft requirements as a counter for the increasing number of players leaving college after one year.

Krzyzewski noted he'd like to see each NBA franchise possess its own developmental league team, where players who aren't ready for the NBA but still want to bypass college could go and work on their games. The system would essentially mirror Major League Baseball's minor leagues, but on a smaller scale.

"I mean, a kid who's really, really good coming out of high school, who does not want to go to school, would gain more from being in a pro system where he is working on his craft and his body and the development every day, just like a baseball player," he said. "And I would like to see that."

The 70-year-old coach has recruited numerous one-and-done players to Duke in recent years, including a couple who'll be featured in Thursday's draft: forward Jayson Tatum, a likely top-five pick, big man Harry Giles, and guard Frank Jackson.