Iowa State junior forward Milan Momcilovic intends to declare for the 2026 NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility, he told Alec Busse of Cyclone Alert 247.
“I probably, definitely, (will) test the draft,” Momcilovic told Cyclone Alert in a conversation at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. “Just because I think I’ve had a good year and shot the ball very well that I can.”
Momcilovic is viewed as a potential second-round pick after a 2025/26 season in which he averaged 16.9 and 3.1 rebounds while shooting an NCAA-best 48.7% on three-pointers (7.5 attempts) in 37 games (30.5 minutes per contest). He also shot 54.5% on twos and 87.8% on free throws.
“I don’t know what feedback we’ll get,” Momcilovic said. “We’ll see if I stay in or come back. That’s still to be determined.”
Momcilovic, who was named second-team All-Big 12, helped Iowa State go 29-8 this season. The No. 2 seed Cyclones, whose best player (Joshua Jefferson) was injured in the first game of the NCAA tournament, lost in the Sweet 16 to Tennessee.
As Busse notes, Momcilovic went No. 45 overall in the latest mock draft from Jeremy Woo of ESPN and undrafted in the most recent mocks from Sam Vecenie of The Athletic and Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report. The Wisconsin native is viewed as a top-tier shooter but there are question marks about how other aspects of his game will translate to the NBA.
Don’t be a foo’ .., stay in skoo’
My guess is he can make more from NIL then he would as a likely two way player as a rookie. That reality is going to push a lot of sophomores and juniors to stay in college. Which I believe in the long run will actually improve the quality of play in both the NCAA and the NBA.