NBA and NBPA Stand Firm on Minimum Draft Age in CBA Negotiations
The NBA and NBPA have stopped discussions surrounding lowering the minimum age for players from 19 to 18 amid their negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. Neither side felt strongly enough on the issue to make a change, and NBA owners and executives were largely indifferent or fully against scouting high school players again. The NBA last increased the minimum draft age to 19 in 2005, and players can play on the G League Ignite team right out of high school instead of playing in college.