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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Planning Future Draft Change
Adam Silver the current NBA Commissioner is taking into consideration to allow 18-year-olds to declare for the NBA Draft. This isn’t happening any time soon but could be instated in the near future. Commissioner Adam Silver’s view is that the NBA is ready to make that change.
Adam Silver has weighed both the pros and cons in his consideration of the future NBA Draft change. Along with the recommendation to do so by former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice along with her NCAA commission.
One-And-Done Players Would Be A Thing Of The Past
This will allow one-and-done players to declare for the NBA Draft much sooner than allowed before. This would allow players to come into the league at 18 years of age. The players will no longer have to play a minimum of a year in college or internationally. The current rule has been in place since 2006, but that could be a thing of the past.
Commissioner Silver sent out memos to teams around mid-June, and the change wouldn’t come into effect until the year 2021, but a change is definitely coming. So it is indeed looking like the one-and-done is unofficially done with and Adam Silver’s tone is “it’s only a matter of time.”
College Community In Alliance
The college community seems to be on board with this future new rule. They do not want those players anymore. Adam Silver has considered that and perhaps is tipping the scale in the direction of this new rule change.
The new rule won’t be coming into effect anytime soon, but the tides are shifting towards a new rule in the near future. This opens up the door with the USA Basketball team to engage with statistically elite players as young as 14 years of age.
