Overseas player draft-excerpt from nba labor agreement. In this section, "overseas player" refers to any amateur or professional basketball player who is designated to live outside the United States. Overseas players are eligible to participate in the nba draft after reaching the age of 22. Any player who is over 22 years old and has not been selected in the draft on his 22nd birthday is called a rookie free agent. Despite the above subsection, overseas players who have never participated in the American college basketball team can still qualify for the draft before their 22nd birthday: they must be at least 18 years old before the draft; He must send a written notice to the nba 45 days before the start of the draft, expressing his wish to be qualified for the draft. If an overseas player plays for the American college basketball team in the season before the draft, he must abide by the provisions in section 5 above about continuing to complete or give up college studies.
American native player draft: Players who have settled in the United States and completed their high school education can be eligible to participate in the nba draft after giving up their willingness to enter the university and continue their studies by sending a written notice to the nba 45 days before the start of the draft. Once a player is selected by any nba team, the following rules will apply: a player who has settled in the United States and completed high school will be eligible to participate in the next nba draft if he is not eligible to participate in the nba draft and sign a contract with a professional basketball team outside the United States. If selected, he will be regarded as a "player" as defined in Section 4 above. In this section, "professional basketball team" refers to a basketball team that pays any kind of money or remuneration that exceeds the general living expenses to the basketball players who play for it in any country.