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004 - NIL impact on NBA Draft, new college eligibility rules closer to happening 042826

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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NIL impact on NBA Draft, new college eligibility rules closer to happening

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0:00.0

online at the big 1050.com.

0:02.1

We're going to spend most of our morning talking about the Pistons. Rough loss last night. We talked about it being more or less a near must-win situation for the Pistons, and they did not. So now they put themselves in a real hole down 3-1 in their best of seven opening round series against the magic in a 1-8 matchup. And so they're very close to being on the wrong side of history that you do not want to be on that wrong side.

0:25.6

But we're going to get back to that in a little bit.

0:27.3

There were a couple other stories in college sports yesterday that are of interest to us, that are relevant to us us and want to bring them up.

0:38.4

The first one, this is remarkable.

0:40.6

Only 71 players entered the 2026 underclassmen, entered the 2026 NBA draft.

0:47.6

Down from 106 last year, they had a, they had what, 363 in 2021.

0:54.2

So five years ago, 363 in 2021. So five years ago,

0:55.6

363 early entries into the NBA draft.

0:59.1

There are only, what, 60-something picks?

1:01.8

That means 300 people declared and there was no spot for you.

1:07.6

It's crazy.

1:09.2

Even with 71 players, the draft,

1:10.9

it's the lowest early entry total since 2003 to have only 71.

1:15.1

There aren't 71 draft positions.

1:18.4

Now, I know that not everybody entering as an underclassman knows they, well,

1:23.0

we'll see how many stay in the draft because some are going to withdraw from the draft.

1:25.6

So that number is going to actually get even lower.

1:27.8

That's part of it. So you're going to, you are going to withdraw from the draft. So that number is going to actually get even lower. That's part of it.

1:29.1

So you are going to lose a few more of those.

1:32.1

But the number is 71.

1:34.7

That's 45 fewer.

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