On February 21 USA Today reported that the NBA officially proposed lowering the draft age from 19 to 18. This report came one day after Zion Williamson, the consensus number one prospect in this summer’s draft, left a game in the first minute with a Grade 1 knee sprain.
These two events have restarted the ongoing debate about whether NCAA athletes should be paid. Williamson’s Duke team is ranked number 1 and the favorites to win the National Championship, a feat Mavericks rookie Jalen Brunson accomplished twice in his three years at Villanova.