1 makes some sense. Fedor Zugic got 1 year and he’s 8 months younger than De Ridder; similar amounts of pro experience. I’m assuming De Ridder’s Belgian/BNXT League time was only partly on a youth contract.
I also have no idea what inputs go into the NCAA’s determination of eligibility years.
We don’t really know what the realities are. Personally, I doubt it changes much in the long run. There will still be outside deals. They just need to get a feel for the new landscape to figure out how to maneuver in it. The money is still coming from the same sources, just delivered through different means.
I’ve heard 2 and that part has been decided … just immigrating stuf left…
But Hoo knows…
Translation
Thank you, Thijs 
Thijs De Ridder will not continue with Surne Bilbao Basket after exercising the exit clause of his contract.
De Ridder arrived in Bilbao in the 23/24 season from Windrose Giants Antwerp. The club made a significant investment in the player by allowing him to play in the Endesa League, and Jaume Ponsarnau refined the power forward’s talent and dedication, giving him a progressive role in the team’s rotation, which facilitated his adaptation to the competition.
The player bids farewell to Bilbao with a FIBA Europe Cup title, meeting his season’s objectives and earning a leading role. He was even named to the Best Young Team of the 24/25 season.
Thank you for your heart, your dedication, your desire to grow and learn. Also for your closeness with the staff, teammates, and fans. You deserve all the luck in the world.
Thank you, Thijs!
For those who follow this more closely, this is clear evidence that Thijs is headed our way, right? He withdrew from the NBA draft and now has exercised his exit clause with his current pro team. There’s no other logical conclusion left. I want to make sure I’m reading this correctly. I’ve been a little skeptical lately about the reporting on Thijs because of how the process was being dragged on without anything concrete beyond unnamed sources. This seems to seal the deal. Am I missing something?
No you’re not missing anything. UVA has pretty well known he was coming for about a month, and definitively known for at least a couple weeks. Just the way the NCAA does things, he wasn’t officially able to sign until they had done their full ruling, which I guess includes how many years of eligibility he’ll have.
How long does it really take to label a coin’s sides “1” and “2” and flip it?
Regardless of the number of years of eligibility, does anyone really expect him to remain in school for more than a single year? If he is as good as advertised, it’s one year in Charlottesville and then on to the NBA draft. If he doesn’t live up to expectations, wouldn’t he go back to Europe? (Assuming that his UVa contract wouldn’t be as lucrative the second time around if that were the case.)
If he gets two years he’ll play 2 years.
Even if he’s good as advertised he’s a fringe 2nd round pick; that doesn’t change much and the calculus of guaranteed money vs fighting for a two way or going back home to a lesser salary wouldn’t make much sense for him.
But if he doesn’t live up to expectations, can he make more with his second Virginia contract than he would back home? Presumably, things will be re-negotiated at the end of the season.
I read this a few weeks back. A student has to enroll in school within a year of their HS graduating class, so that starts the eligibility clock. Then assume the 1st year is treated as a redshirt.
So if he graduated 4 years ago, he should’ve used 2 years and has 2 years left. But maybe he is old for his class, so he only graduated 3 years ago, he’d have 3 years left.
from what i read, your eligibility clock starts if you enroll in any college, whether you play a sport or not. It also starts if you play your sport “in an organized way” after HS graduation. so im just guessing here but think that each year he played in europe costs him a year of eligibility. So i’m saying he’ll have two years, thinking that he loses 1 year for each season with bilboa.
I was wondering if he would lose a year for his time at Antwerp; he would have been 19 turning 20 during the 2022-23 season there.
I’m wondering why the NCAA can’t simply rule that he’s eligible for this upcoming season so he can integrate into the team, and reserve judgment on whether he’s eligible for additional years. It seems like two separate decisions (is he eligible? and how many years?). One decision can be made now, it seems. If somehow the number of years of eligibility will factor into Thijs’ decision (and I don’t think it does at this point), he still has the option to wait.
You can see yourself right to the door sir with that sensical logic!
This part right here is your problem
The government got rid of our President. Can’t they throw us a bone and give us a stud Forward?
for a foreign player, not likely 
5 hours to wire the money into TDR’s Swiss bank account… tick tock, tick tock…