Not NBA, but G-League. Thierry Darlan played for the Ignite team in the G-League, and is now playing for Santa Clara.

There is a suit just filed that will not count JC years against eligibility. Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavis is one of the names attached -> he is trying for a SEVENTH year of eligibility! Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar out of Brentwood/Antioch is also one of the plaintiffs. They are arguing that 'NCAA’s rules “unjustifiably” restrain athletes’ abilities to earn money under name, image and likeness rules.' I believe the gist of the Connors suit is along those lines.

I would be very surprised if Rocko did not release the full content of the NCAA decision on the Conner matter. He has always seemed to me to be a straight shooter and the last thing he wants to see is a full blown Freedom of Information Act request on his desk and the same goes for the NCAA. UC Davis is a public institution and it would have to respond to a FOIA demand if one was served. Ditto for the NCAA. I also expect it will take some time for a response due to the holiday/winter break.

Now that college sports is a profession, courts look at the NCAA rules through the lens of do they deprive an individual plaintiff's earnings.
The Pavia lawsuit was filed in November 2024. The lawyer for Pavia and a bunch of other plaintiffs just filed a document arguing that allowing a former NBA first round draft pick to enroll as a freshman indicates some hypocrisy in limiting JC players years while not imposing similar limits on pro years.
But the case is not new, it led to this last year's grant of another year if eligibility for JC players who would otherwise have exhausted their eligibility. Davis had a couple of players in that category.

this sounds like a new action to allow him (and others) yet another year:

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2025/diego-pavia-heisman-trophy-nfl-draft-antitrust-lawsuit-ncaa-1234879881/

The case has not been decided yet.
Last year, in several courts, players sought preliminary injunctions. The NCAA, seeing they couldn't enforce the rule evenly, suspended it for a year, making the requests for injunctions moot. Now we are at year 2, plaintiffs seeking another, which I'm guessing they'll get. But will the NCAA extend its suspension of rule so that all JC players get another year, not just the ones who are plaintiffs? Eventually the case will be decided. So far, they are just at the stage of establishing the rules pending a decision on the issue in the case.

got it! Thanks for clarifying.

The G league is not the NBA