Young basketball players in the National Basketball Association lack big-game experience to such a large extent as to make it difficult to feature them in a professional league becoming ever more dependent on tournament play.
Meaning intended cause and effect - young players lack big game experience to such a large extent that they are not eligible to play in professional league and as a result become dependent on tournament play. We use
so that to show the intended cause and effect
Every incorrect option is wrong for different reasons
A. lack big-game experience to
such a large extent as to make it difficult to feature them in a professional league becoming
B. lack big-game experience to a
large enough extent that they will be difficult to feature in a professional's league becoming incorrect construction, redundantC. lack of big-game experience is
so large as to be difficult to feature them in the professional league that becomes incorrect
D. are lacking
so much in big-game experience as to be difficult to feature into a professional league becoming
incorrect E. are
so lacking in big-game experience
that it will be difficult to feature them in a professional league becoming use of so that shows the intended meaning .. showing the difference between the experience required and the experience the young players have
I hope it helps. This was my reasoning to eliminate wrong answer choices. If I am wrong, please let me know
Correct answer E