I am inclined to accept the view of CTBruin on this issue, as I have found him to be reliable in the past and his sources are often as reliable as he is. Iowa Bear holds to a view that, at the time of the original announcement, seemed as likely ((if not more so) as any other scenario and he made a good case for it.
Much has happened since the original announcement, however, and thinking has likely changed as a result of some of those events. The NBA has been thoroughly shaken by the unprecedented number of changes brought about by Covid-19, and the reverberations have been felt at all levels of the basketball world. What might have made sense in March makes less sense now when it comes to college basketball players looking at the uncertainties that have overtaken the professional sport, and the hits may not yet be behind us.
The information that these players may be receiving is not known to us, but we do know that even for players currently considered to be lottery picks there is uncertainty about where they might be chosen when the time for choosing arrived. Butler and Teague have certainty about their educational situation, but basketball at the NBA and collegiate level remains to be ascertained and no one is "in the know" about what the status of that will be in five months, just as no one could have known what it would turn out to be five months ago.
Much has happened since the original announcement, however, and thinking has likely changed as a result of some of those events. The NBA has been thoroughly shaken by the unprecedented number of changes brought about by Covid-19, and the reverberations have been felt at all levels of the basketball world. What might have made sense in March makes less sense now when it comes to college basketball players looking at the uncertainties that have overtaken the professional sport, and the hits may not yet be behind us.
The information that these players may be receiving is not known to us, but we do know that even for players currently considered to be lottery picks there is uncertainty about where they might be chosen when the time for choosing arrived. Butler and Teague have certainty about their educational situation, but basketball at the NBA and collegiate level remains to be ascertained and no one is "in the know" about what the status of that will be in five months, just as no one could have known what it would turn out to be five months ago.