Comment on Plot twist: Bronny to the Lakers

• David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think you can re-enter the draft the following year in hopes of getting picked by another team. So if a player says I’m not playing for you, most teams probably don’t want to waste a pick on a player they’ll never get.

  For players there is no benefit to being drafted early in second round vs going undeafted. Only first round picks are subject to the rookie scale, everyone else can get paid as much or little as they can negotiate. So theoretically the last pick in the draft or someone undrafted all together can get paid more than the first pick.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you can re-enter the draft the following year in hopes of getting picked by another team.

    I don’t think that’s true, that defeats the entire purpose of the draft. If a team selects a player they retain the draft rights forever unless the rights are traded. but yes teams generally try to avoid hostile players for other reasons, it’s usually not worth the hassle.

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If a Team has made a Required Tender to such a player and the player has not signed a Player Contract within the period between the Initial Draft and the Subsequent Draft, the Team that drafted the player shall lose its exclusive right to negotiate with the player and the player will then be eligible for selection in the Subsequent Draft.

      …github.io/…/player-eligibility-and-nba-draft.htm…

      This is what I found about the topic but IDK how accurate it is.

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      • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        that’s only if they don’t play any ball in that time. if they play in college or overseas the clock stops, per #49 here:

        cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q49

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