The NBA draft is a major annual event in which all 30 NBA franchises select new players for their teams. The eligibility rules for prospective players have changed eight times throughout the league's history. No player can sign with the NBA until they are 19 years old or older. As a good defensive player, Mahorn won a title with the Bad Boy Pistons in the 88-89 season and returned to Detroit for a couple of years when he was also over the age of 30 years old.
He played just two games just before his 46th birthday, scoring a total of two points, committing five fouls and shooting a total of 0 by 6 from the field in two losses. While the lower-class recruits are too numerous to list, it should be noted that among the top 50 players, 10 dropped out of college early to join the NBA. Along with Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, Parish helped form one of the first “Big Three” in NBA history. In addition, players can declare for the draft multiple times without losing college eligibility, as long as they retire before the new deadline without hiring an agent or signing a professional basketball contract, and can now attend the combined draft and one test per year for each NBA team without losing university eligibility.
Keep in mind that this definition is very different from what the NBA uses to include international players in its team rosters. James showed no signs of slowing down last season, averaging 28.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists, and breaking the NBA's all-time scoring record in February. After a disorderly departure from Toronto and his subsequent trade to the New Jersey Nets, he gradually went from being a superstar to becoming a role-playing player. After Dawkins and Willoughby, no high school player went directly to the NBA for 20 years, although Lloyd Daniels and Shawn Kemp came to the NBA without having played college basketball (both had enrolled in college), but they never played).
Haslem is a much loved legend in Miami, although he has basically been a de facto coach rather than a Heat player in recent seasons. Mahorn first appeared on an NBA court in 1980 with the Washington Bullets and played his last games in 1999 with the Philadelphia 76ers when he was 40 years old. However, it's even harder to play until your late 30s, and staying professional until your 40s, if you're not a bowler or golfer, is a truly rare feat. He was the coach of that team, but became a player after the team started the season with a 4-25.
