Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller and the Thompson twins are among the top prospects likely to be the first off the board during the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday.
As anticipation builds around those players, a Florida law student tossed his hat into the ring as a possible selection option without ever playing college basketball.
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The drafting class onstage during the NBA Draft on June 23, 2022 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Jordan Haber was not a D-1, D-2 or D-3. He did not play in the G League or Overtime Elite. But technically he could be one of the names called at the Barclays Center. He started his campaign on TikTok and his efforts landed him on List B, also known as «unknown individuals».
«Basically, you have to be a certain age, there’s a certain period of time, and not go into details, but basically four years after graduating high school you have a small window of time, you exhaust your eligibility and boom, you could just sign up.» Haber said in an appearance on «Fox & Friends» Thursday night.
Haber is one of 18 people on List B. All that is required is the completion of the necessary paperwork. If someone meets the general criteria, she may be eligible.
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An NBA basketball in a rack before the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets game on March 9, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
He told «Fox & Friends» co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade that no team has officially contacted him, but he has heard from a few social media accounts.
«Nothing officially, but on social media they’ve commented, I guess admins. I’d love to work with a team possibly to give back to youth sports,» he said.
The first known person to go through this process was Reinhard Schmuck, who played nine games at Division III Baruch College. He tried to get into the NBA two years later, telling The Washington Post in 1987 that he was trying to raise awareness about the school’s sports programs.
«I really am a nobody,» he said. «I wanted to do it because there are so many kids who give up on their dreams.»
Victor Wembanyama visits Rucker Park during the week of the 2023 NBA Draft on June 21, 2023 in New York City. (David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)
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The NBA Draft is scheduled for Thursday at 8 pm ET. The San Antonio Spurs are expected to take Wembanyama with the first overall pick.
Associated Press contributed to this report.