NBA news: ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski rips NCAA for changing rules without consulting NBA

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski took the NCA to task for a sloppy rollout of some new rules that will affect the NBA.

The NCAA made waves Wednesday by announcing some rule changes that will have an effect on the NBA Draft process, but the situation has been kind of a mess due to multiple clarifications of the rules. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski took the NCAA to task for the sloppiness of the rollout.

Few are pleased w/ NCAA's handling of release. USA Basketball and the NBA were blindsided w/ NCAA dictating USAB would decide which HS players could eventually hire agents. USAB doesn't have desire or infrastructure for those evaluations. If anyone has that expertise, it's NBA.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 8, 2018

ESPN's Jonathan Givony was trying to get to the bottom of the rule changes, and he initially noted some confusion about what was going on.

A USA Basketball official informed me they haven't had any substantive conversations at this stage about these changes, nor have they given their approval. It sounds like the NCAA will be designating who is considered an elite prospect. USAB will then run their camp for them. https://t.co/kcuruRS5EX

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) August 8, 2018

After Givony tweeted out a clarification that said high school players will not be allowed to have agents until the age limit is removed, Woj took the NCAA to task again.

NCAA declaring its own rule changes for early entry legislation that hasn't even been agreed upon between the NBA/NBPA feels like little more than a PR stunt — and a way to mask NCAA's refusal to address true core issues of amateurism model. https://t.co/m5gJZ5PvW3

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 8, 2018

Due to the clamor that the NBA should abolish the one-and-done rule stating that prospects straight out of high school are not deemed eligible to declare for the draft, the league has been moving in that direction. However, there have been no official agreements yet, and Wednesday's mishaps are a bad look for the NCAA, as Woj notes.

Here's to hoping that the NCAA and NBA can work together to create new rules that make sense for everybody involved. The system definitely needs some tweaking, and there are better ways to go about rolling them out.