Originally Posted by
wilson
When I was wrapping up high school, at the height of the prep-to-pros era when elite (and sometimes not-so-elite) high school players were bypassing college and making the leap straight to the NBA, a friend (who is tall and lanky, but not an elite basketball player...didn't even play HS varsity ball) and I attempted to declare his eligibility for the draft, just to see what would happen. The NBA left our various and somewhat repeated inquiries unanswered, and we were thus left unable to enter his name for draft eligibility.