The NBA put a stop to players jumping straight from high school to the NBA, but it seems at least one international player found a workaround — Miami Heat rookie Nikola Jovic has yet to graduate high school.
That much has been known all season, ever since team head coach Erik Spoelstra said in training camp that Jovic skipped his final exams to prepare for the NBA draft. Spoelstra confirmed in March that Jovic has yet to graduate. The 19-year-old planned to finish his courses over Zoom, but instead must return to Europe to take his finals, according to Sun-Sentinel reporter Ira Winderman, which means he has not had a chance to complete them.
