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NBA draft early declarations
Posted on: May 5, 2025 at 13:21:03 CT
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2025/04/29/nba-draft-early-entry-list-ncaa-nil-transfer-portal-college-basketball/83345542007/
Collegiate prospects who fully exhausts their college eligibility and international prospect who turns 22 years old in the calendar year of the draft are considered automatically eligible. But all other prospects had until April 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET to declare as early entry candidates.
There were only 106 names that appeared on this list, which is actually a shockingly low number. For comparison, per ESPN's Jonathan Givony, that is the lowest total number of initial early entry candidates since 2015. The NBA received as many as 363 candidates just four years ago in 2021.
Among those 106 names, meanwhile, only 73 played college basketball last season. Then, from that group, those players have until May 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET to withdraw from the draft if they wish to play in the NCAA next season. After the 2025 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, many of them will ultimately take that opportunity
From the 73 collegiate players who will at least test the waters of the 2025 NBA Draft, 29 of them (e.g. Darrion Williams, Boogie Fland, RJ Luis, PJ Haggerty) are also in the transfer portal. Even within that group, 19 of those players (e.g. Yaxel Lendeborg, Chad Baker-Mazara, Tayton Conerway, and Silas Demary Jr.) have already made commitments to new schools.
Collegiate prospects who fully exhausts their college eligibility and international prospect who turns 22 years old in the calendar year of the draft are considered automatically eligible. But all other prospects had until April 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET to declare as early entry candidates.
There were only 106 names that appeared on this list, which is actually a shockingly low number. For comparison, per ESPN's Jonathan Givony, that is the lowest total number of initial early entry candidates since 2015. The NBA received as many as 363 candidates just four years ago in 2021.
Among those 106 names, meanwhile, only 73 played college basketball last season. Then, from that group, those players have until May 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET to withdraw from the draft if they wish to play in the NCAA next season. After the 2025 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, many of them will ultimately take that opportunity
From the 73 collegiate players who will at least test the waters of the 2025 NBA Draft, 29 of them (e.g. Darrion Williams, Boogie Fland, RJ Luis, PJ Haggerty) are also in the transfer portal. Even within that group, 19 of those players (e.g. Yaxel Lendeborg, Chad Baker-Mazara, Tayton Conerway, and Silas Demary Jr.) have already made commitments to new schools.
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