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NIL has really only started being talked about it seems as a minor side topic with football. But the NIL will change basketball more and should/could strengthening the level of players as probably both the NCAA and NBA Draft levels.

Now that these players can get big time money while developing at NCAA programs you’d have to believe there would be much less rush to enter the draft until ready.

My belief is this sometime leading to nba teams possibly deciding to start selecting players futures rights and holding those while guys continue on their so, jr, or sr seasons in some cases?

There is a ton of potential ways the new rules and the needed tweaking of them could benefit the league and NCAA. Do you see that or an opposite view?

We are pretending players aren’t now being legally paid already 1-2+ M per year and that more isn’t possible and coming.


Playing basketball at UCLA or Gonzaga or so many others for millions until you know you’re a top 14-20 or whatever pick is a much better idea than so many prospects that hope they’re 14-40 or get a shot.

I don't see it having much effect for guys at the top of the draft. They're still going to be paid significantly more on a rookie NBA deal than what they're getting with their NIL deals. And more importantly they get to that 2nd contract faster as well the quicker they get into the NBA.

The difference where you might see it is in guys like Matthew Hurt. 2 years at Duke then went undrafted. Maybe with the bigger the NIL deals get, guys like that might end up sticking around all 4 years.

But don't see much effect NIL deals will have on guys that are guaranteed 1st round picks.