what year did the nba put an age limit in the draft
And Calipari's recruiting is probably unique in the history of college basketball. Calipari doesn't just recruit talented players. He has a tendency to recruit players who play only a single season for the coach. The 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement in the NBA, imposed an age limit on players entering the draft. Beginning with the 2006 NBA draft, players had be 19 years of age (and a year out of high school) before being eligible to be selected. This limit meant that players -- like Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James -- would no longer enter the NBA straight from high school.