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In 2006, David Stern implemented a new rule requiring players to be at least 19 years old and one year removed from high school graduation to declare for the NBA Draft.
Initially, this meant that most top high school players would go to college for a year before declaring for the draft, leading to a yearly flock of freshman “diaper dandies” who would show up to briefly terrorize college basketball before leaving for NBA riches.
However,…
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