{"id":714337,"date":"2026-04-20T01:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714337\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:51:20","slug":"alabama-forward-amari-allen-reveals-official-nba-draft-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714337\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama forward Amari Allen reveals official NBA draft decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/alabama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama Crimson Tide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alabama Crimson Tide&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a> forward Amari Allen has officially declared for the 2026 NBA draft, while also maintaining his collegiate eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Allen made the announcement Sunday night via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXVVMw4Ceqh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;social media&quot;}\" class=\"link \">social media<\/a>, and joins <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaab\/players\/335879\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Labaron Philon;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Labaron Philon&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Labaron Philon<\/a> as Crimson Tide players who have declared for the 2026 NBA draft so far this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A member of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/1284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alabama&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alabama<\/a>&#8216;s 2025 class, Allen was one of the Crimson Tide&#8217;s most impactful players during the 2025-26 season, starting 24-of-32 games. Allen averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game while shooting 44.6% from the field, as well as 34.1% from three.<\/p>\n<p>The forward also shot 73.8% from the free throw line, and was named a SEC All-Freshman selection.<\/p>\n<p>Allen will have until May 27 to make an official decision as to if he will remain in the NBA draft, or return to Alabama next season.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rolltidewire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@RollTideWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@RollTideWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@RollTideWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RollTideWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/1284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alabama&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alabama<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinion.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/rolltidewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/crimson-tide\/mens-basketball\/2026\/04\/19\/alabama-basketball-amari-allen-2026-nba-draft-decision\/89694325007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama basketball forward Amari Allen declares for 2026 NBA draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alabama basketball forward Amari Allen declares for 2026 NBA draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alabama basketball forward Amari Allen declares for 2026 NBA draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alabama Crimson Tide forward Amari Allen has officially declared for the 2026 NBA draft, while also maintaining his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7998,66021,7,20590,6900,2879,6,12,4505],"class_list":{"0":"post-714337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-amari-allen","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-collegiate-eligibility","12":"tag-crimson-tide","13":"tag-labaron-philon","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-draft","16":"tag-social-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116434533318454076","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}