The 2021 recruiting thread origin post has been updated to reflect the following info...
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
SUNDAY........ 2021-05-30, 11:59 PM ET: NBA deadline to declare for the 2021 NBA draft
WEDNESDAY 2021-07-07, 11:59 PM ET: NCAA deadline to withdraw from draft and retain eligibility assuming no agent is hired. Date is ten days after the final day of the annual NBA Draft Combine, scheduled for June 21-27, 2021. This date is NOT the same as the NBA's deadline to withdraw from the draft (5:00 PM ET 2021-07-19, 10 days before the NBA draft is held).
Per NCAA rules approved in August 2018, effective with the 2019 NBA Draft players can hire an agent and still return to school.
Note that the approved NCAA rule that would allow a player who stayed in the draft but went undrafted to return to school does not go into effect until the NBA and the NBPA make their final decision on such players not being NBA eligible again until the next school year is over (expected to be approved, but has not been yet).*
*Does anyone know the status of this? I have not read any news or other info on it. Thanks!
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