Hamidou Diallo is someone that the Nets could be taking in the late 20s, and he did a great job of finding a loophole in the one-and-done rule. To be eligible for selection in the NBA Draft, prospects must be one year removed from high school upon entering. How they spend that year is up to them. The majority goes to college to maximize their potential and some, like Thon Maker, essentially take a year off. Diallo is (kind of) the latter.
The 6-5 Queens, New York native enrolled at Kentucky this past January after graduating from Putnam Academy in Connecticut last spring.