2017 NBA draft
| 2017 NBA draft | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General information | |||||
| Date(s) | June 22, 2017 | ||||
| Time | 7:00 PM ET | ||||
| Location | TBA | ||||
| Network(s) (US) | ESPN | ||||
| First selection | TBD | ||||
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The 2017 NBA draft will be held on June 22, 2017. At a location to be determined. It will be televised nationally by ESPN. The draft lottery will take place during the playoffs on May 16.
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 2017 NBA draft, but have appeared in at least one regular-season game or playoff game in the NBA.
Eligibility and entrants
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rule's established in the league's 2011 collective bargaining agreement. (CBA) with its player's union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes.
- All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who are eligible for the 2017 draft, must be born on or before December 31, 1998.
- On January 13, 2016, the NCAA Division I council approved a new rule for that division that significantly changed the draft landscape for college players:[1]
- Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA, or sign with an agent, he will retain college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
- NCAA players now have until 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. For 2016, the withdrawal date was May 25, about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
- NCAA players may participate in the draft combine, and will also be allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
- NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft multiple times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.
The NBA has since expanded the draft combine to include players with remaining college eligibility (who, like players without college eligibility, can only attend by invitation).[2]
Early entrants
Players who are not automatically elligbile must declare there eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. for the 2017 draft, this date will fall on April 23. After that date "early entry" players may attend NBA pre–draft camps and individual team workouts to show off there skills and obtain feedback regarding there draft positions. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration date, which is 10 days before the draft. Under newly implemented NCAA rules, players have until May 24 (10 Days after the draft combine) to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.
A player who has hired an agent will forfeit his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted. The CBA allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice;
Combine
The invitation-only NBA Draft Combine will be held in Chicago from May 9 to 14 The on-court element of the combine will take place on May 11 and 12.
Draft lottery
The 2017 NBA draft lottery will be held on May 16.
References
- ↑ Goodman, Jeff (January 13, 2016). "College players given extra time to mull NBA draft decision". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Katz, Andy (June 24, 2015). "NCAA proposes new NBA draft rule to allow early entrants back in school". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 24, 2015.