The league’s age restrictions for Draft entry are back on the forefront for commissioner Adam Silver.
At his Finals press conference, he brought up the league had a few discussions about changing the league’s rule preventing American high school seniors from jumping straight to the NBA. At the time the league instituted this rule, it was done to protect owners from themselves largely. There was something unseemly about guaranteeing millions of dollars to 18 years olds who had (mostly) never ben on their own.
The risk was greater than the reward for the most part. But no team was going to keep themselves from passing on talent.