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Underclassmen Declare For 2008 NBA Draft

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BuckeyeNation27;1153536; said:
something i should probably know.....at what point can kids who didn't sign an agent come back to school? if they go all the way through the draft and don't get picked, can they come back? what if they get picked, but they don't like where they got picked?
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It is in KK's thread but I am too lazy to look it up.


See first post in this thread. June 16
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1153536; said:
something i should probably know.....at what point can kids who didn't sign an agent come back to school? if they go all the way through the draft and don't get picked, can they come back? what if they get picked, but they don't like where they got picked?
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Here's a 1994 article, it still may apply.

The resolution was approved this week by the delegates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association convention in San Antonio. An underclassman who declares himself eligible for the draft will now be allowed to change his mind should he be dissatisfied with the outcome. The player will have until 30 days after the draft to reverse his decision, and may only exercise the option once during his college career.

Entire article: BASKETBALL; College Draft Resolution Has the N.B.A. Worried - New York Times
 
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ScriptOhio;1153562; said:
Here's a 1994 article, it still may apply.

The resolution was approved this week by the delegates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association convention in San Antonio. An underclassman who declares himself eligible for the draft will now be allowed to change his mind should he be dissatisfied with the outcome. The player will have until 30 days after the draft to reverse his decision, and may only exercise the option once during his college career.

Entire article: BASKETBALL; College Draft Resolution Has the N.B.A. Worried - New York Times
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I do not think that is the rule anymore. I think once you are drafted you can not come back to school. You lose your eligibility.
 
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LitlBuck;1153565; said:
I do not think that is the rule anymore. I think once you are drafted you can not come back to school. You lose your eligibility.
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You sir are correct...Stay in after the deadline there is no returning to school...

But there was the Randolph Morris story a couple years ago, where he stayed in the draft didn't get drafted, I am assuming no agent was hired, and then went back to play at Kentucky and picked up later in the year as a free agent...Think that loop hole has been nixed now tho...
 
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Another article with a slightly different idea

Could NBA follow NFL draft rules?

Was just dusting off a few notes from my trip to the Big 12 meetings in Colorado Springs and came across a few quotes from Texas Tech hoops coach Pat Knight.
The Big 12 coaches, like many others, would love it if the NBA would require student-athletes to be out of high school three years before qualifying for the NBA Draft. Nebraska athletic director Tom Osbourne is also in favor of NBA teams either drafting a kid out of high school or waiting three years - like Major League Baseball.
"My dad has talked to David Stern about it, and he (Stern) is in favor of a rule similar to the NFL," Pat Knight said. "But the player's union is the one not in favor of it. So Stern was thinking maybe my dad, Mike Krzyzewski and John Thompson, legends like that, go talk to the player's union and try to convince them."
It would seem doubtful a three-year rule could pass, but Stern administers the NBA with an iron fist and has gotten some things through no one thought he would.

Entire article: COLLEGE SPORTS Blog | The Dallas Morning News
 
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But the player's union is the one not in favor of it.
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I has said this before and I don't quite understand. The player's union was against the rule when guys had to go to college for one year. Wouldn't it make more sense for them if there were more less talented players because that would mean more money for them especially the older ones who were just hanging on.
 
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I wouldn't mind a straight out of high school or two years of college rule...

The only thing is you are probably going to get more guys going out of high school that aren't ready moreso than before when they could leave whenever they want, but it is also going to improve the college game as you won't have guys leaving after just one year and there will be more stability...Also the guys that were iffy and went to college are going to be ready with 2 years of college ball...

I still think the best rule is 2 years out of high school...
 
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2008 NBA Draft early entry analysis

The NBA announced that 91 players -- 69 from U.S. colleges and institutions and 22 international -- have declared as early entry candidates for the 2008 NBA Draft.

Kosta Koufos: OSU would've been fabulous with Koufos and B.J. Mullens. Alas, it's doubtful Koufos will return to school to make it happen.

Entire article with a nice list of all the early entries: 2008 NBA Draft early entry analysis - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats

Note: There are 91 players classified as early entries in addition to numerous other college seniors. There are 30 NBA teams and 2 rounds in the NBA draft. You do the math. Many of those 91 early entries are going to be severely disappointed. :(
 
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Izzo issues call for change

Coach contends NBA draft rule adds to college cheating

Tom Izzo has dealt with players leaving Michigan State early. His team has had five players leave before their eligibility ran out during his time with the Spartans.
He knows the potential of top-flight players and the perils of taking them along with the pressure to win.
?The cheating is getting worse,? Izzo said Wednesday before he attended at the Big Brothers/Big Sisters 35th annual Gourmet Dinner at Fort Wayne Country Club. ?Everyone is feeling they have to get a player for a year and try to win big. We?re in this profession where you?re hired to be fired, too, and because of that, I think nationwide, cheating is getting worse.?
Recent transgressions by Kelvin Sampson making illegal phone calls at Indiana along with reports of former USC guard O.J. Mayo receiving payments during and before his time in college have highlighted a rough stretch for the integrity of recruiting in college basketball.
It is why Izzo and other coaches are starting to call for a change in the NBA draft. They look to the model baseball uses, where players can be drafted out of high school, but if they attend college, they are required to stay for a certain number of seasons before becoming draft-eligible again.
It isn?t up to the coaches or the NCAA. Much of the change would have to come from the NBA and from the NBA Players Association. Currently, the rule forces players to attend college for one year before declaring for the draft.
?Let the LeBron James? come out but then the rest of the kids stay for three years,? Izzo said. ?It?d be better for the kids, forget us. I?ve always felt that way. I think it?s hard for them to have fun in college where there is constant pressure to come out.
?All in all, I?m not sure it?s great for basketball the way it is right now. I?d like to see it change. The one year they added, I?m not sure it does more damage than good at times. It should have been two or three.?
The rule changes have made an already-murky world of college recruiting even more treacherous.

Entire article: Izzo issues call for change | The Journal Gazette
 
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Dispatch

? North Carolina underclassmen Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green will return to Chapel Hill next season after removing their names from the NBA draft yesterday.
The announcements came less than an hour before the deadline for underclassmen who had not hired agents to withdraw from the draft.
Other big-name players opting to return to college: forwards Robert Dozier of Memphis and Chase Budinger of Arizona and guards A.J. Abrams of Texas, Jeremy Pargo of Gonzaga, Ronald Steele of Alabama, Robert Vaden of Alabama-Birmingham and Lester Hudson of Tennessee-Martin.
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With the three guys from North Carolina opting out of the draft, I would think that this makes UNC the prohibitive choice to win the national championship next year... case closed.
 
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