There is a NEW NBA agreement.
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association recently reached terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, a seven-year pact that should ensure labor peace throughout this decade.
The National Basketball Players Association is “open” to lowering the age limit to enter the NBA draft but not without some conditions.
The reports last year that the NBA and NBPA wanted to abolish the “one-and-done” rule — which prohibits teams from drafting high school players — neither side made the issue a priority during negotiations. The league allowed preps-to-pros from 1995 through the 2005 draft, with Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James among the stars selected.
The current age to enter the NBA draft is 19, meaning players typically need to attend one year of college or play in the NBA’s G League or internationally before declaring for the draft. Lowering the draft age to 18 would allow players to enter the league out of high school.
The NBA raised the age requirement to enter the league from 18 to 19 in 2005.
According too TheGRIO, the deal affects way more than the roughly 500 players each season who draw NBA paychecks.
