The deadline for early entrants to declare for the 2020 NBA Draft is fast approaching on April 26.
But with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic still unfurling, many prospects — top-tier, fringe-level and everyone in between — are faced with a decision-making environment that is fraught to a level without comparison in NBA history. Without in-person workouts or meetings, and the status of the combine uncertain, teams will (as of now) be operating off game tape and limited remote meeting time, alone, in making their decisions come draft night.
It’s an all-time curveball for college players (especially of the one-and-done variety) weighing the risk-reward calculation of declaring.