It is not difficult to participate in the draft.
At present, the NBA draft process and related rules are based on the provisions of the labor agreement in 2005, and the labor negotiations after 2005 have not greatly changed the draft system. Players participating in the NBA draft must be at least 19 years old. The specific calculation method is to subtract 19 from the draft year to get a year. If the player was born in that year or before, it meets the standard. Specific to the 20 17 draft, the date of birth of the player cannot be later than 1998 12 3 1.
Except for international players, any other player must have graduated from high school for at least one year. For example, O.J.- Mayo was born in 1987 165438+200610.5, when he was 19 years old, he was eligible to participate in the draft, but there were still six months before he graduated from high school, plus these six months and.
When a player is over 19 years old and one year after graduating from high school, there are two ways to participate in the election according to different situations. The first is to automatically qualify for the draft, and you can be automatically selected if you meet any of the following conditions: four years of college, four years of graduating from American high school (but not entering American universities), signing contracts with professional teams outside the NBA and playing (non-international players), and international players are over 22 years old.
The second way to participate in the NBA draft is to declare. Any player who is not eligible for automatic election must declare if he wants to participate in the NBA draft. There are two ways to declare, one is to send a letter directly to the NBA headquarters, and the other is to send an email to the NBA draft office, where a special staff member will be responsible for receiving the email. If the player meets the standards, the NBA will reply to a draft form, and the player will be approved by the league after filling it out and enter the list of candidate rookies. It should be pointed out that there is a time limit for declaration, which shall not be later than 60 days before conscription. The deadline for filing the draft of 20 17 is April 23rd, local time.
Players who declare their candidacy can participate in NBA draft training camp or accept individual trial training of NBA teams. This arrangement is to let the team know about the players and let the players have a better prediction about their draft prospects. If the situation is not ideal, they can withdraw from the draft, which is especially important for NCAA players. For example, Justin Jackson of North Carolina signed up for the draft on 20 16, but after the trial, he got feedback from relevant people in the NBA. He should go back to school to make himself better. Jackson withdrew his draft declaration, returned to North Carolina and led the team to win the NCAA championship this season. His personal ability has also been significantly improved, ranking first in the latest draft forecast list.
There is also a time limit for withdrawing the declaration, which shall not be later than 10 days before the bill of exchange. NCAA players should be earlier, and according to the regulations, they should not exceed the joint test 10 days after the draft at the latest. The draft joint test is a comprehensive training camp. Every year before the draft, physical examination, drug test, interview, shooting training and five-to-five confrontation exercises are carried out. The joint test of 20 17 draft was held from May 9 to May 14, which means that NCAA players want to cancel the draft declaration no later than May 24, local time. NCAA players who cancel the declaration can retain their college qualifications as long as they don't hire agents.
Objectively speaking, the conditions for applying for the NBA draft are not harsh, and even ordinary fans can apply for the draft. In 2008, a fan named feinstein, after carefully consulting the draft rules, found that he met the requirements of 19 years old and graduated from high school for one year. He wrote a statement letter to NBA officials, in which he introduced that he was 1.72 meters tall and weighed 59 kilograms, and had never played a formal game. It is reasonable to say that feinstein's conditions can't be selected at all, but NBA officials respect the fans' ideals and really wrote back to him with a formal application form. Of course, the final result was that feinstein failed in the draft, but at least he was a candidate and had a good time.
The NBA will hold a lottery on May 16 to decide the team's draft position. After the trial training and other pre-draft preparations are completed, the draft meeting will be held on June 22, 20 17, and whether the candidates' dreams can be realized will wait for that day.