Stephenson was listed as an "early draft participant" candidate released by the NBA Secretariat on the 2nd (local time).
Players on this list must make a final decision on whether to participate in the draft by 5 p.m. on the 16th of next month.
You can withdraw from participation if you do not receive special attention from each NBA club by the deadline or if you believe you are behind in competition with other players.
By regulation, if Stevenson didn't hire an agent, there's no problem going back to Alabama competing in the NCAA Division I of the American College Sports Association.
Some basketball critics there predict Stephenson could be selected in the second round of the maximum draft if he gets lucky this year.
However, media outlets focused on the news of the University of Alabama expected that they would ultimately miss this year's draft and sharpen their skills in college again, as the chances of the nomination itself are not very high.
As he is still young, it is reasonable to raise his skills to the level of being selected in the first round in next year's draft.
Still, as he is listed as an early participant in this year's draft, he will be able to check how much skill development is needed before crossing the NBA threshold.
Stephenson, born in 2005, is a power forward who is 210 centimeters tall.
Stephenson, a "newcomer" who just entered the University of Alabama, is so good that he was evaluated as one of the top 10 in the U.S. rankings among his peers who entered the same year.
It helped the university of Alabama advance to the semifinals at the NCAA Men's Basketball Division I tournament in March.
Stevenson, who has been classified as a bench resource this season, averaged 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in the regular season.
If you look at the regular season alone, it's not enough to challenge the NBA on record, but it showed potential in the tournament.
In the quarterfinals against Clemson University, he scored 19 points, including 3 points and 5 shots, leading the University of Alabama to the semifinals of the tournament for the first time ever.
His father, Moon Tae-jong, was a shooter born to an American father and a Korean mother, who started playing in the Korean professional basketball league from the 2010-2011 season and played for nine seasons from the 2018-2019 season.
At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, he played an active role as an ace and won a gold medal for Korean men's basketball.
Stevenson is now a U.S. national and has been in Korea with his parents when Moon played in the KBL.
When former national team coach Choo Il-seung contacted the end of 2022 and mentioned the possibility of Stephenson's special naturalization, Moon Tae-jong replied, "My son said he liked it."
But at this point, Steven is still a student and has no results in the international arena
BY: 토토사이트
