High School to the NBA..
the NBA is 19; players must have their nineteenth (or later) birthday in the calendar year of the draft in order to be eligible; Players who completed basketball eligibility at a US high school, regardless of their nationality, must be at least one year removed from high school. The terms of the new agreement essentially ended the practice of drafting high school players, starting in the 2006 NBA Draft. The rules did not apply to the 2005 NBA Draft, and several high schoolers were selected ...