And considering Kentucky has about 45 new players coming in next year anyway, Coach Calipari suggests why not everyone declare?!
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Calipari said the policy is a “true win-win for the student-athlete” for every player to test the National Basketball Association waters.
Among UK players, only Jamal Murray, Skal Labissiere and Tyler Ulis are included in most 2016 mock drafts.
Players will be able to put their name out and return to school if they do not receive the kind of feedback they were expecting, or even if they don’t receive an invitation to the draft. But a popular question at this time of the year revolves around so many other players and if they’ll be back for another season in school.
“I think in theory it’s good, because it gives the players and their families more accurate information to make a decision based on what they’re hearing from National Basketball Association people as opposed to what they’re hearing from people that maybe aren’t connected to the National Basketball Association, whether it be agents or whoever or third parties….”
– John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 23, 2016…in hopes of being invited to the combine in May. If they choose to withdraw, they have until 10 days after the combine. If players from even the smallest colleges who might have a remote chance of making it in the league decide to enter the draft, teams are going to make sure they get a look at them.
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Calipari already has another stellar recruiting class joining the program this summer and some of those players are sure to be one-year-and-done college players with whom he will go through this process again next year. In the past, the deadline for college players to withdraw from the NBA Draft and maintain eligibility was prior to the combine. The new rules were approved by the NCAA in January. But for any player who wasn’t already aware of the benefits of declaring, Calipari has made them quite clear. “I like the rule”.
