I think the Ignite kind of kills hope of high schoolers being drafted for now.
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I mean we have two dudes on our team that both came out of high school lol (3 if you want to count scoot, but I don't).
But yeah Lebron was 18 when he played his first nba game and that is just crazy
Lotta people in here not realizing the league literally made it illegal to draft straight from high school like they did Bron years ago
Dude is still averaging 25+ ppg on high efficiency. He could probably play until 45 at this rate
i don’t care if he goes down to 15ppg. i want to see how long he lasts.
Remember when the nba was gonna go back to allowing HS players and there was gonna be the “double draft”? What happened? It was being hyped beyond just speculation. Even Zach Lowe was talking like it was a sure thing.
Suns got absolutely slammed for trading away the double draft pick for Mikal bridges. It was so dumb
Once NIL deals in college became a thing, it wasn’t viewed as being as big of a problem that needed to be fixed. Maybe the rule change will still happen eventually, but that took away a lot of the urgency.
Nikola Jovic was still in high school while playing his first NBA season.
And?
do you think bro
Aha fair enough but he was also a professional basketball player before the NBA.
Nikola Jovic was still in high school while playing his first NBA season.
European players due to the influence of football culture aren't really treated the same in regards to this, Luka was taken out of school and shipped off to another country to play professional basketball at 15 lol you'd get child neglect charges here in the states if you did this
Anfernee Simons?
Yep ant Simons was old for his grade and was 19 by draft time.
Simons did an additional year after graduating, that’s why he was older. He spent a postgraduate year at IMG Academy.
Bazley?
Did Durant go to college? I don't think so.
is this referring to getting drafted as soon as they finished highschool with no gap year? Because I know Mitchell Robinson was drafted out of high school but he had a years gap
KJ martin and Anfernee Simons would like to have a word…
Anfernee Simons was drafted out of high school..
He graduated high school, and then did a postgraduate year at IMG Academy. So while he was drafted “out of high school” he met the requirement of being 1 year removed from completing high school prior to entering the draft. LeBron would still be the only player drafted “immediately” out of high school.
Kobe
Did you just get out of Thai prison?
Remember when Nelly had the line about taking her straight out of high school and into the pros?
I thought at the time it was a clever nod to the NBA. Now it feels super creepy.
lmao wtf
Lol what if he's still in the league when they start letting them in again
Lebron James also only player with over 5k turnovers.
Frankly it tends to not work out the successes are Moses Malone, KG, Kobe, LeBron, and Dwight. Correct me if I’m wrong but other than those players high school players have all underperformed or washed out abnormally fast.
TLDR: "From the players’ union perspective, lowering the draft eligibility age to 18 would bring more young players in to develop in the league and take away roster spots from veterans (and the union is made up of those veterans, not undrafted players). The union has suggested ways to keep veterans on the roster (possibly a roster expansion) as mentors, but a deal could not be reached. As for the teams, plenty of GMs would prefer an extra year to evaluate players, especially with them going up against better competition in college/G-League/Overtime Elite/overseas."