Valencia, Jun 2 (EFE) .- Valencia Basket interiors Jaime Pradilla and Tomas Pavelka have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft to be held on July 29, according to the US league.
After the deadline for the players who by age are not automatically eligible for the draft to sign up, the NBA has made public the list of those who have done so, the two Valencia players appear, as well as thirteen others who belong equally to Spanish teams.
In total, there are 57 international players registered in a general list of 353 who appear earlier than they should be according to their year of birth.
Players who do not come from the NCAA, such as Pradilla and Pavelka, could renounce their candidacy and postpone it for the next editions, until July 19.
Pradilla arrived at Valencia last summer from Zaragoza and has been part of the first team, with whom he has played matches in both the Endesa League and the Euroleague.
In the case of the Slovak Pavelka, he arrived at Valencia in the summer of 2018 and this campaign, as happened in the past, has played on loan at Tau Castelló of the LEB Oro.
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