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NBA formally proposes changing draft eligibility from 19 to 18 years of age
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Fortunately, Anthony Edwards doesn't turn 18 until August of 2019. Too late to get in to this year's class, but it does mean he could be one and done. Seems to be some confusion on the current rule - is it one year removed from High School, or age 19 as ESPN is reporting? If the rules doesn't pass, the way this reads is that Edwards would not be eligible until after two seasons at UGA.
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Edwards is one and done regardless.
What is the actual rule? Edwards turn 18 in August.
Honestly, this is the way it should be. Some of these kids don't need the sham of one year of college. If anything they should incentivize kids to stay in college by making their rookie contract larger based on their length of time spent in college
I'm pretty sure the age 19 rule goes away with one year in college.
Think that was how Hamidou Diallo was technically draft eligible. He might have been 19, so he could explore going which he did before 17/18.
The rule right now seems to be either age 19 or have one year of college.
Edit: Nevermind, figured out the rule. Right now it's be one year removed from high school graduation in most cases.
Laissez-faire. I'm all for it.
The one and done thing is ridiculous. Either go with the CFB model of 3 years between high school and draft eligibility or go back to allowing players eligibility right out of high school. I think once a player commits to college he should be bound for at least 2 years though.
We'll see The AAU and snake oil salesmen like the one at Kentucky lose a lot of power and a far better brand of college basketball.
The current rule is that to be eligible for the NBA Draft a player must be 19 years old DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF THE DRAFT. It also says that those who qualify at a US HS have to be 1 year removed from the graduation of his HS class.
Edwards will therefore be eligible for the 2020 draft even though he will only be 18 at the time of the draft as he will attain 19 during 2020.
Denman, I can think of 2 players who were drafted at 18 years of age in 2018. Jaren Jackson and Luka Doncic.
WCDawg - Jackson was born in 1999 (9/15/99) so was 18 at the time of the draft but become 19 during that calendar year (2018), see above. Doncic was born 2/28/99 so was 19 when drafted in June 2018.
So if this rule passes this Spring then it is possible Edwards could turn pro if it takes effect immediately.
I stand corrected on Doncic, but as is often the case on this board, you seem to have assumed I was debating your point, which wasn't the case.
I see no such assumption. He simply stated the facts, but it would have been awesome if he’d asked for a link instead.
I was not assuming anything; merely responding to your post.
I feel that the minimum age should be 20 or 21, with or without college. Most guys aren't mature until they are 24-25. (I'm not talking about working full-time. Maturity is another thing.) The pros, especially basketball, involves a lot of traveling. Easy to lose one's bearings.
And college is a good thing. Should not be viewed as a burden. Pro BB is going in the wrong direction. A pro career is about building assets for the long haul, not just about how much $$ one earns. Maturity increases the odds of that.