May 16, 2003

File under "sign of the times.": An amazing 73 players have declared for early entry in the NBA Draft, including 31 international players. Of course there are only 58 picks in the two rounds, who's telling all these kids that they are going to be drafted?

posted by corpse to basketball at 05:03 PM - 3 comments

Of course many of them are merely testing the draft waters, and the smart ones will withdraw their names before the June 19th deadline when they see that they won't be drafted, but still, wow.

posted by corpse at 05:04 PM on May 16, 2003

Can't they sign as free agents afterwards?

posted by therev at 11:31 AM on May 17, 2003

Sure, but NBA free agents never get played. Heck, most second-rounders don't even make rosters. Most of them are just angling for a free trip to Chicago, see where they stand, then pull their names out. We're just going to see more and more of that in the future.

posted by tieguy at 01:13 PM on May 17, 2003

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