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Help Zach Feinstein get drafted
The above basketball prodigy is Zach Feinstein, and here’s a little bit about him:
I am a Junior at Washington University in St. Louis double majoring in Systems Engineering and Applied Mathematics. I work with Intramural Sports at Wash U as their webmaster, I have also run the annual Intramural Sports Trivia Bowl for the past 2 years. I currently work in 2 different research labs on campus and will be spending the summer doing research in China, so sadly I will not be present at the draft at Madison Square Garden on June 26.
Furthermore, I do not play basketball.
He might not exactly fit the mold, but our friend Zach has declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. After studying the procedures and sending in the proper paperwork, he is now a 5-foot-8, 130-pound entry for professional basketball.
His website is full of interesting information, such as his scouting report. He’s also looking for a nickname.
There are photos documenting the process of declaring for the draft, which includes a letter to the NBA stating the intention and an entry application.
So, Zach Feinstein is eligible. It’s a funny story about studying rules and making it into an entertaining story.
Since I had waited and heard nothing back from the NBA in terms of confirmation, on the morning of April 14th I decided to call up the NBA. This conversation went quite well as Erika Ruiz quickly confirmed that all my papers were in order and no further steps needed to be made by me. And behold as of May 1 I am able to find myself on the Early Entry List at draftexpress.com and nbadraft.net under “unknown players”.
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