195 early entrants test waters of NBA draft pool

Apr 30, 2024, 12:25 PM ET

With numerous weeks to choose whether to remain in the draft or withdraw, a massive 195 players have actually filed as early-entry candidates for the 2024 NBA draft.There are 60 total

picks in the NBA draft, with second-round selections signing non-guaranteed contracts.Players who have actually made an application for early entry maintain the right to withdraw from factor to consider no behind 5 p.m. ET on June 16. Under NCAA rules, in order to keep college basketball eligibility, college players who have gotten in the draft face an earlier deadline of May 29. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Elders are listed with early-entry potential customers since of the existing COVID-era eligibility rule granting players an additional season if they were enrolled throughout the pandemic.It’s not unusual for large numbers of players to “evaluate”the draft process with strategies to return.College basketball All-Americans in 2023-24– Zach Edey (Purdue), Terrence Shannon Jr. (Illinois), Kyle Filipowski(Duke)and Jamal Shead

(Houston )– remained in the 2023 NBA draft class one year back, however all opted to return to college before the May deadline and helped their groups to the Sweet 16 in the 2024 NCAA tournament.Among the list of early entrants this year is freshman Bronny James (USC ), the son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.Shannon used his COVID year of eligibility last season and is not amongst the early-entry prospects.The first round

of the NBA draft is set up for June 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The second round will be June 27

at ESPN’s Seaport District Studios in New York City.