Missouri shooting guard D'Moi Hodge declares for 2023 NBA Draft

Missouri Tigers’ shooting guard D’Moi Hodge officially declared for the 2023 NBA Draft on Wednesday evening, he announced on his Twitter page. During his senior season this year for the Tigers, Hodge averaged 14.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Below is the announcement from his Twitter page.

I would like to thank my family for their continued love and support of my goals and dreams. To Coach Gates and the entire Mizzou organization, what a season! I also want to thank my brothers for pushing me.
With that being said I’m officially declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft. pic.twitter.com/ESsm1uPyqB

— D'Moi Hodge (@Dmoi_VI) April 12, 2023

“I would like to thank my family for their continued love and support of my goals and dreams. To Coach Gates and the entire Mizzou organization, what a season! I also want to thank my brothers for pushing me. With that being said, I’m officially declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft,” Hodge said via his Twitter page.

Before joining Missouri, Hodge spent his first two seasons of college basketball with the Cleveland State Vikings. While with Cleveland State, he earned the 2022 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022, after leading the league in steals per game (2.2). That was good enough to rank him 17th in the nation in steals per game. Hodge was also the leading scorer for the Vikings, averaging 15.5 points per game.

D’Moi Hodge makes his decision and more info on the NBA Draft

The 2023 NBA Draft is set to take place on Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Brooklyn at Barclays Center. Round 1 of the draft will be announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, while Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum is expected to handle the second round of picks.

To be eligible for the NBA Draft, players must be at least 19 years in age during the calendar year that the draft is held and at least one NBA season from their high school graduation date, or the date that would have been if they are not graduated. It is not required that player spend that one year playing college basketball, though. Players can play in either college, abroad, or the G League Ignite if they choose so.

While this is a significant change from what the rules once were, players are eligible to enter their names into the NBA Draft pool and explore their options by hiring an agent to go through the process, while still keeping their college eligibility. The deadline to make that move is on April 23 beginning at 11:59 p.m. ET. Players have until June 12 at 5 p.m. ET to withdraw their name from the pool and return to college.

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held on May 16, which is also the start of the NBA Conference Finals.