Colorado forward, top-20 prospect declares for NBA Draft

Colorado forward Tristan da Silva has confirmed to Jonathan Givony of ESPN that he entered the 2024 NBA draft and will forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility.

The deadline for early entrants to declare for the draft passed on Saturday night, so Da Silva presumably submitted his paperwork at some point before that time.

The league will likely announce the full preliminary list of early entrants for this year’s draft within the next day or two. We have a tentative running list right here.

Da Silva, who spent four college seasons at Colorado, has had two big years in a row for the Buffaloes, earning All-Pac 12 first-team honors in 2023 and making the second team in 2024. Over the course of those two seasons, he averaged 15.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.2 steals in 32.3 minutes per game, posting an impressive shooting line of .495/.395/.794 in 69 total contests (67 starts).

Da Silva, who will forgo his “super-senior” season granted due to the COVID pandemic, is a popular target among NBA evaluators because he has a good feel for the game, can make a two-way impact at both forward positions, and hits outside shots, Givony tweets.

The 22-year-old is currently the No. 18 player on ESPN’s big board, making him a probable first-round pick.