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Someone explain the NBA rule please..

  • I thought the players had to say by April 10th,whether they were staying in school or going to the NBA...Davis says after the game
    that he has until April 29th to make up his mind..I thought the kids being recruited that are going to announce on the 11th are doing
    so because they would know who was leaving..So i have gotten confused somewhere..Someone please clarify this for my old tired ass..

    Thanks.

    wildcatdon

  • The NCAA says you can't announce and then come back after the 10th of 8pril... However if you don't announce until after the 10th, then the NCAA rule is essentially useless. The NBA's deadline is the 29th or 28th to put your name in the hat. So again, if you say nothing at all until the deadline, the NCAA rule is meaningless.

    NateRay

  • Btw, my B'day is 8pril 30th and what a present it would be to have any of the starters return! ;) Not counting on it but I'd take it as an awesome gift!

    NateRay

  • NateRay said...

    The NCAA says you can't announce and then come back after the 10th of 8pril... However if you don't announce until after the 10th, then the NCAA rule is essentially useless. The NBA's deadline is the 29th or 28th to put your name in the hat. So again, if you say nothing at all until the deadline, the NCAA rule is meaningless.

    Nate has it right. The NCAA has rendered itself absolutely irrelevant for the players that will seriously consider the NBA. Only those players who are borderline are affected, and the April 10 date is in essence the NCAA saying that testing the NBA draft waters is not going to happen. A player will either be in the draft and lose college eligibility or stay out of the draft and maintain eligibility.

    I heard this new rule describe as the Carolina rule, implemented at the behest of UNC and Duke. I don't know if that is true or not.

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  • TheProfessor said...

    Nate has it right. The NCAA has rendered itself absolutely irrelevant for the players that will seriously consider the NBA. Only those players who are borderline are affected, and the April 10 date is in essence the NCAA saying that testing the NBA draft waters is not going to happen. A player will either be in the draft and lose college eligibility or stay out of the draft and maintain eligibility.

    I heard this new rule describe as the Carolina rule, implemented at the behest of UNC and Duke. I don't know if that is true or not.

    Then it probably only applies to the early roundslol

    MatanzasCat

  • Thanks guys....

    wildcatdon

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