Kwame Brown

Rarely do college basketball players, at least those that have the ability to reach the professional level, stay in school for more than a year these days.Playing as a junior is not that common either. Staying on campus to fulfill a commitment for all four years is an item for the endangered species list, yet there are a number of notable performers choosing that route for the 2013-14 campaign.The current rules outlining when a player is eligible for the NBA Draft state that an individual must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft, as well as be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class, the latter applying to those who are not "international players".Gone are the days of King James and the Black Mamba making the leap to the NBA right out of high school, but more often than not, for the players that have been on the radar for a number of years, college is nothing more than an unwanted pit stop on the highway to basketball glory. Or ...

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