This guy is wrong
Are you confused about college basketball players entering the NBA Draft and somehow playing in college again? Here's an explanation of the NBA Draft process.
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There is even a date they must inform the AD of their intent to return
The article is wrong. Here is the NCAA memo sent to college teams.
No, he can not return even if undrafted. He must meet these conditions to return and he does not meet 2 of the conditions .
Information Regarding the 2023 National Basketball Association Draft and Combine, Agents and Workouts.
Everyone is getting confused about the rule change that undrafted players can return but it does not go into effect until the NBA CBA allows 18 year olds and keeps NBA teams from signing undrafted players until after the next college basketball season ends.
Imagine if Oscar could come back and then in January or February a NBA team signs him and he leaves UK.
NBA draft flexibility
College basketball players who request an Undergraduate Advisory Committee evaluation, participate in the NBA combine and aren’t drafted can return to school as long as they notify their athletics director of their intent by 5 p.m. the Monday after the draft.
This change is effective if/when the NBA and NBPA make an expected rule change, which would make undrafted student-athletes who return to college after the draft ineligible for the NBA until the end of the next college basketball season.
Question No. 1: Is a student-athlete allowed to enter the NBA Draft prior to exhausting NCAA eligibility4 (i.e., NBA early entry candidate) and subsequently return to school?
Answer: YES!
A student-athlete may enter a professional basketball league’s draft without jeopardizing his collegiate eligibility, provided:
a. He requests an evaluation from the NBA’s Undergraduate Advisory Committee before entering the draft;
b. He withdraws his name from the NBA Draft not later than 10 days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft combine;
c. He declares his intention to resume intercollegiate participation not later than 10 days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft combine. This declaration must be in writing to his director of athletics; and
d. He is not drafted by any team.5
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Under NBA rules, an NBA team may not draft a player who withdraws his name from the NBA Draft in a timely fashion, provided such player has not previously withdrawn from the NBA Draft more than twice. If a player enters the NBA Draft for a third time as an Early Entry player, he is not permitted under NBA rules to withdraw from the Draft.
Further, if he remains in the Draft and is not drafted by any team, he will be considered a free agent (eligible to sign with any NBA team at any time) under NBA rules and will not be allowed to enter another NBA Draft in the future.
