Amari Allen has two weeks to make a decision that will change his life. May 27 is the deadline for players to withdraw from the 2026 NBA Draft and return to college. The former Alabama forward has been competing at the NBA Combine in Chicago throughout the week, as he's also hearing from the league's scouts and coaches. Allen declared for the draft, but is maintaining his collegiate eligibility. On Wednesday, he spoke with Sports Illustrated's Kevin Sweeney about what looms ahead for his basketball future, and it includes an assurance factor. "Alabama’s Amari Allen weighing his stay-or-go decision," Sweeney wrote on X . "He told me he’d need a first-round promise to stay in this year’s draft. Alabama has told him he’d 'have the ball in his hands a lot” next year with more reps as a PG/ball screen playmaker.'" 247 Sports' Isaac Trotter, who also spoke with Allen at the NBA Combine, shared the following quote from the 20-year-old on X: “Obviously first round. If it was second round, I would go back to school.…