Could 2020 be the end of one-and-done in the NBA?

The NBA and NBPA are currently in conversation to end the one-and-done rule by 2020. The real question is can the NBA pull it off?

The National Basketball Players Association negotiated a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2005. In the new CBA, a major change to the draft process would forever change basketball. A player could no longer jump from high school to the league. Instead, the player hasdto be at least one year out of high school, and also at least 19 years old. The decision to outlaw athletes jumping to the NBA would soon birth a new revolution: The one-and-done era.

But after several years of athletes using college programs just as college programs use them, it appears some common ground has been found. Per Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA and the NBPA are looking to change the current draft rule by 2020. This rule’s main intention is to allow players to go from high school to the NBA again.

The change in the rule will be beneficial for the NBA, NCAA and high school prospects. For the NBA, they will get players who eagerly want to make a name for themselves and perhaps, already NBA-ready. The NCAA will not have to worry so much about players coming in with the mentality of only wanting to play one year and then leave. College basketball has always been built on tradition. One-and-done players have semi-tainted that, in which traditional blue bloods such as Duke and Kansas have copped into recruiting highly touted recruits, only to watch them leave after a year. As for the prospects, they finally have control of their adulthoods.

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The potential move to have high school seniors enter the NBA Draft is long overdue. The verdict on whether the NBA/NBPA can agree on a date should come sooner than later. Either way, it’s a win for all parties involved.