Makur Maker declared eligible to enter 2020 NBA Draft

Makur Maker’s eligibility to declare for the draft has been in question… Until now.

After some uncertainty, 19-year-old Makur Maker has been declared eligible to enter the 2020 NBA Draft, according to a Monday report from Evans Daniels of 247sports.com.

For those who might not be aware, Maker — the cousin of Thon Maker of the Detroit Pistons — has existed in a bit of a gray area concerning his eligibility for the draft. According to Daniels’ report, Maker “didn’t receive” his diploma after graduating high school.

Born in Kenya and growing up in Australia, Maker moved to the United States in 2015 where he would attend five different high schools in California, Ontario and Arizona. The young big man initially became a center of controversy due to his exhausting his eight semesters of high school eligibility and the fact that, between stints in high school, he opted for homeschooling.

It was from there that the controversy surrounding his eligibility began.

Apparently, however, those can be put to rest. According to Daniels’ report, which quotes Maker’s guarsdian Ed Smith, the 19-year-old has been declared eligible to enter the draft, though Maker himself has not yet announced his intentions.

Maker, currently enrolled at Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix, does not intend of playing any more games for the institution this season, though he is expected to participate in both the Iverson Classic All-Star game and, assuming he’ll be invited, in the Nike Hoop Summit.