By now you’ve heard of Thon Maker. He’s the seven-foot, 19-year old prep star from Canada who recently was declared eligible for the NBA Draft this year. In order to become draft eligible, a player has to be at least 19-years old and your high school class has to be one year fully removed from graduation. Maker meets both of those requirements and thus is eligible.
While a lot of people think Maker found a loophole, Aaron Torres of Fox Sports explained that Andre Drummond had the same option before deciding to attend Connecticut.