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NBA and NBPA new agreement won’t drop age requirement

The Kentucky Wildcats are consistently one of college basketball’s best recruiting programs.

They will have four 5-star recruits being brought into Lexington this upcoming fall. Players like DJ Wagner and Justin Edwards will highlight one of Calipari’s all-time great recruiting classes.

That may have changed if the NBA and NBPA had adjusted the ruling on when players could declare for the NBA Draft. With a new CBA set to be introduced, the rule of having to wait a full year after high school will not be changed, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

ESPN Sources: As NBA and NBPA pursue a new CBA ahead of tonight’s opt-out deadline, a deal wouldn’t include a change in the minimum draft age rule ending the “One-and-Done” era.