Thanks!
True. He could also want to go to Europe because he's ready to get paid to play basketball and knows he's a couple of years away from that happening in the US.
I honestly don't know what the rule is. Nor do I know why this would be anything other than a matter-of-fact story, other than the fact that it does appear obvious that American players who aren't getting what they want in the US are more than willing to use the Euro billionaire owners as leverage.
Taking wikipedia as a source for the moment, it says this:
All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft.[7] To determine whether a player is eligible for a given year's draft, subtract 19 from the year of the draft. If the player was born during or before that year, he is eligible.
Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[7]
The "one year out of high school" requirement is in addition to the age requirement. For example, although O. J. Mayo turned 19 in November 2006, six months before his high school graduation, he was not eligible until the 2008 draft, a year after his high school class graduated.
The CBA actually makes this pretty clear and says that just going abroad isn't going to make Tyler draft eligible in 2010.
To be eligible, a player like Tyler (who does not qualify as an "international player," even if he plays a year abroad -- more below) must meet 2 requirements:
1. He must be 19 years of age in the calendar year in which the draft is held; AND
2. at least 1 season must have elapsed since graduation of the class with which the player would have graduated had he graduated.
If you don't have both, you aren't eligible.
The exception to #2 is available to those who qualify as international players. But, "an 'international player' is a player: (i) who has maintained a permanent residence outside of the United States for at least the three (3) years prior to the Draft, while participating in the game of basketball as an amateur or as a professional outside of the United States; (ii) who has never previously enrolled in a college or university in the United States; and (iii) who did not complete high school in the United States."
It's not physically possible (to my knowledge) for Tyler to have maintained permanent residence outside of the United States for the three years prior to the draft if he departs the United States a year before the draft. Without doing that, he's not an "international player," and thus must meet the two requirements above. That means he has to wait until a full year after his high school class would have graduated to be draft eligible.
No. It has been said already why he would go to Maroussi. Because he will graduate as GED class. It is say his agent and lawyer have already been work on this so once he would sign he would be in 2010 draft. When he gets GED this year then this means next summer is one year after his graduation.
Apparently not.
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=dw-tyler042209
Key quote:
"Tyler will play against the grown men who can challenge a player of his size and potential. Away from the court he’ll be home-schooled, earn a GED and return in two seasons when he’s eligible for the 2011 draft."
Do you have a better source?
WTF does this writer know better than his manager? Maybe it is wrong but this was mention as main reason he want to join Maroussi. Anyway if did stay 2 years in Maroussi then he might get play time.
May be true..but NBA rules are NBA rules. And the rule states you cannot join the NBA until one year after your class graduates...it's an age thing, not a professional thing.
Obviously plenty since he interviewed them. All you do is spout off at the mouth, but you never back anything up. No links, no audio clips, no video. Back up your claims and maybe people would respect your views more often.
I've been telling him this for a LONG time..it'll never happen.Obviously plenty since he interviewed them. All you do is spout off at the mouth, but you never back anything up. No links, no audio clips, no video. Back up your claims and maybe people would respect your views more often.
You are really a piece of work. Read the article. It includes quotes from the player and his father. Unless you can produce a credible source that contradicts an article based on interviews with the family, just step away. You are just embarrassing yourself.
Greece media mentions he want to go for 2010 draft.
He can want that all he wants and his manager can think it's possible all he wants. But going to Greece (or anywhere else) won't change the fact that he can't be eligible for the draft until at least a year after he graduates and until the year that he turns 19. I can't tell if he's going to be 19 sometime in 2010, but unless he graduates before November 1, 2009 (assuming a GED counts), there's no way he can be eligible until 2011.
But he says he is getting the GED and he is born in 1991.
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