Oklahoma sophomore forward Blake Griffin, the National Player of the Year and likely No. 1 pick, is among the 103 players listed as early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA draft.The league announced Thursday that 74 players from U.S. colleges and 29 international players had filed for early entry before the April 26 deadline. The draft is set for June 25 and players without agents must withdraw their names by June 15.
Griffin, who led the nation in double-doubles last season, announced his intention to turn pro April 7 after one year with the Sooners.
Joining Griffin on the list is the North Carolina backcourt ofpoint guard Ty Lawson and shooting guard Wayne Ellington.
Among the Big East players who declared are: DeJuan Blair (Pitt); Earl Clark (Louisville); Eric Devendorf (Syracuse); Jonny Flynn (Syracuse); Luke Harangody (Notre Dame); Paul Harris (Syracuse); Mac Koshwal (DePaul); Ater Majok (UConn); Scottie Reynolds (Villanova); DaJuan Summers (Georgetown); Hasheem Thabeet (UConn) and Dar Tucker (DePaul).
U.S. COLLEGES
Darion Anderson, 6-2, G, Soph., Northern Illinois
Ryan Anderson, 6-4, SG, Jr., Nebraska Dominique Archie, 6-7, F, Jr., South Carolina DeJuan Blair, 6-7, PF, Soph., Pittsburgh Derrick Brown, 6-8, F, Jr., Xavier Chase Budinger, 6-7, SF, Jr., Arizona Nick Calathes, 6-6, G, Soph., Florida Earl Clark, 6-9, SF, Jr., Louisville Dwayne Collins, 6-7, PF, Jr., Miami Kareem Cooper, 6-10, C, Jr., UTEP Kenneth Cooper, 6-10, C, Jr., Louisiana Tech Brandon Costner, 6-8, PF, Jr., N.C. State Stephen Curry, 6-3, G, Jr., Davidson Bryan Davis, 6-9, PF, Jr., Texas A&M Austin Daye, 6-10, PF, Soph., Gonzaga DeMar DeRozan, 6-6, SF, Fr., USC Eric Devendorf, 6-2, SG, Jr., Syracuse Devan Downey, 5-9, PG, Jr., South Carolina Osiris Eldridge, 6-3, G, Jr., Illinois State Wayne Ellington, 6-4, SG, Jr., North Carolina Chinemelu Elonu, 6-10, C, Jr., Texas A&M Tyreke Evans, 6-5, G, Fr., Memphis Gary Flowers, 6-8, F, Soph., Chipola JC Jonny Flynn, 6-0, PG, Soph., Syracuse Jonathan Gibson, 6-2, G, Jr., New Mexico State Kyle Gibson, 6-5, F, Jr., Louisiana Tech Taj Gibson, 6-9, PF, Jr., USC Blake Griffin, 6-10, PF, Soph., Oklahoma D’mond Grismore, 6-6, F, Jr., Huston-Tillotson (Texas) Roger Guignard, 5-11, G, Jr., UT Arlington Daniel Hackett, 6-5, G, Jr., USC Luke Harangody, 6-8, PF, Jr., Notre Dame James Harden, 6-5, SG, Soph., Arizona State Kevin Harris, 5-11, G, Soph., NW Mississippi JC Paul Harris, 6-5, SF, Jr., Syracuse Gerald Henderson Jr., 6-5, SG, Jr., Duke Jordan Hill, 6-10, PF/C, Jr., Arizona Jrue Holiday, 6-2, G, Fr., UCLA Damion James, 6-7, F, Jr., Texas Brandon Jennings, 6-2, PG, Italy James Johnson, 6-8, F, Soph., Wake Forest Mac Koshwal, 6-9, PF, Soph., DePaul Gani Lawal, 6-9, PF, Soph., Georgia Tech Ty Lawson, 5-11, PG, Jr., North Carolina James Lewis, 6-4, G, Jr., Fresno Pacific Darnell Lindsay, 6-4, G, Jr., Tennessee Tech Dior Lawhorn, 6-7, F, Jr., San Francisco Ater Majok, 6-10, F. Fr., UConn Jodie Meeks, 6-3, SG, Jr., Kentucky Nate Miles, 6-7, SG, Fr., College of Southern Idaho Patrick Mills, 6-0, PG, Soph., Saint Mary’s Tasmin Mitchell, 6-7, F, Jr., LSU B.J. Mullens, 7-1, C, Fr., Ohio State Ronald Ogoke, 7-0, C, Jr., Paul Quinn College (Texas) Patrick Patterson, 6-9, PF, Soph., Kentucky Scottie Reynolds, 6-2, G, Jr., Villanova D.J. Rivera, 6-4, G, Jr., Binghamton Terrence Roderick, 6-6, SF, Soph., UAB Magnum Rolle 6-11, C, Jr., Louisiana Tech Junior Salters, 6-1, G, Jr., Wofford Donald Sloan, 6-3, G, Jr., Texas A&M Tyler Smith, 6-7, F, Jr., Tennessee DaJuan Summers, 6-8, SF, Jr., Georgetown Shawn Taggart, 6-9, PF, Jr., Memphis Jonathan Tavernari, 6-6, F, Jr., BYU Jeff Teague, 6-2, G, Soph., Wake Forest Hasheem Thabeet, 7-3, C, Jr., UConn Malcolm Thomas, 6-9, F, Soph., San Diego City College Dar Tucker, 6-5, SF, Soph., DePaul Jarvis Varnado, 6-9, C, Jr., Mississippi State Greivis Vasquez, 6-5, G, Jr., Maryland Martez Walker, 6-6, SF, Fr., Riverside CC Michael Washington, 6-9, PF, Jr., Arkansas Jeremy Wise, 6-2, G, Jr., Southern Mississippi Nic Wise, 5-10, PG, Jr., Arizona INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS Amadou Aboubakar Zaki, 7-1, Nancy (France) Rodrigue Beaubois, 6-0, Cholet (France) Nemanja Bjelica, 6-10, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) Georgios Bogris, 6-10, Ilysiakos (Greece) Omri Casspi, 6-9, Maccabi Elite (Israel) Victor Claver, 6-9, Pamesa Valencia (Spain) Christian Eyenga, 6-5, DKV Joventut (Spain) Vitor Faverani, 6-10, Unicaja Malaga (Spain) Sergey Gladyr, 6-5, Mykolaiv (Ukraine) Adam Hanga, 6-7, Albacomp (Hungary) Baris Hersek, 6-9, Efes Pilsen (Turkey) Rudy Jomby, 6-6, Le Havre (France) Tanel Kurbas, 6-6, Kalev/Cramo (Estonia) Milan Macvan, 6-9, Hemofarm (Serbia) Boban Marjanovic, 7-4, Hemofarm (Serbia) Tim Ohlbrecht, 6-11, Bamberg (Germany) Carl Ona Embo, 6-1, Biella (Italy) Nikolaos Pappas, 6-5, Real Madrid II (Spain) Amnton Ponomarev, 6-10, Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan) Paulo Prestes, 6-11, Unicaja Malaga (Spain) Mirolslav Raduljica, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) Fernando Raposo, 6-9, Pau Orthez (France) Ricky Rubio, 6-4, DKV Joventut (Spain) Evangelos Sakellariou, 6-5, Pagrati (Greece) Alexandros Sigkounas, 6-7, Olimpia Larissa (Greece) Ludovic Vaty, 6-9, Pau Orthez (France) Ibrahim Yildrim, 6-3, Banvit (Turkey) Artem Zabelin, 7-1, CSKA Moscow (Russia)