I realize the NBA declaration is over, but as we saw last year there's always the option to go over seas, prep school?, sit out a year, etc. Hence the "likely headed to college".
Wall's situation is unique given his lottery talent and the limited number of drafts since the age restriction was started. Most players who attend prep for an extra year don't normally have the talent of a player like Wall. Wall was a fifth year senior who was 19 years of age. The NBA rules for the draft are basically that the player is at least 19 and at least one season must elapse from the player's graduation of high school (or the graduation of the class from which he would have graduated if he did not get a degree). The gray area is the graduation year of his class. Being a fifth year senior means his graduating class should have been last year and hence the gray area. It's all moot now of course, but he certainly would have had a case to present had he declared. Even an NBA spokesman noted in Ford's article that they would have had to research Wall's case further because of the special situation.
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Originally Posted by Samdari
More than likely - he missed the deadline to declare for the draft, so his choices are Kentucky or Europe.
EDIT: Wall's situation as a 5th year senior is hardly unique. Lots of guys go to prep school to get their academics right for eligibility. The NCAA considers that still being in high school. The NBA has never had to answer the question about what they consider it.
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