5 potential landing spots for 5-star prospect Mitchell Robinson

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – April 14: Mitchell Robinson #24 W. Kentucky dunks during the Jordan Brand Classic, National Boys Team All-Star basketball game at The Barclays Center on April 14, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) /

4. Junior college

This is another option for Mitchell Robinson that, like spending the year doing nothing, seems like a highly unlikely possibility, but it’s worth mentioning because it would allow him to actually play basketball this season. Robinson wouldn’t need to deal with NCAA transfer rules in order to play for a junior college team.

I can’t remember another prospect who has traveled this path and it’s hard not to imagine that a large part of the reason is that it wouldn’t necessarily be very productive for a top-10 player. Robinson is simply so much more talented than most of the other opponents that he would face in junior college that it wouldn’t provide him much of a challenge. While there are some Division I quality players playing in junior college, there aren’t a ton and we probably underrate how important it is for players to compete against high level opponents that force them to adapt and evolve their game.

Robinson would likely be better served pursuing some of the other options higher up on this list, including attempting to play at a Division I level this season, sitting out a transfer year and practicing against Division I level teammates or playing overseas against grown men. Each of those options would likely push Robinson harder than playing against junior college opponents.