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    The NBA announced Monday that 162 players — 117 players from colleges/post-graduate institutions and 45 international players – have filed as early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA Draft presented by State Farm.  

    Players wishing to enter the 2016 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 24. Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5 p.m. ET on Monday, June 13. Under NCAA rules, in order to retain college basketball eligibility, underclassmen that have entered the 2016 Draft must withdraw by Wednesday, May 25.

    Following is the list of players from colleges and post-graduate institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2016 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 23.

    EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2016 NBA DRAFT

     

    Player                                     School                                     Height             Status

    Abdul-Malik Abu                   North Carolina State               6-8                   Sophomore

    Rosco Allen                            Stanford                                  6-9                   Junior

    Tony Anderson                       Southeast Missouri State        6-9                   Freshman

    BeeJay Anya                           North Carolina State               6-9                   Junior

    Brandon Austin                      Northwest Florida State         6-6                   Sophomore

    Ian Baker                                New Mexico State                  6-0                   Junior

    Wade Baldwin IV                  Vanderbilt                               6-3                   Sophomore

    Anthony “Cat” Barber            North Carolina State               6-2                   Junior

    V.J. Beachem                          Notre Dame                            6-8                   Junior

    Malik Beasley                         Florida State                           6-5                   Freshman

    DeAndre Bembry                   St. Joseph’s                             6-6                   Junior

    Ben Bentil                               Providence                              6-9                   Sophomore

    James Blackmon Jr.                 Indiana                                    6-4                   Sophomore

    Antonio Blakeney                   LSU                                        6-4                   Freshman

    Jaron Blossomgame                Clemson                                  6-7                   Junior

    Trevon Bluiett                         Xavier                                     6-6                   Sophomore

    Amida Brimah                        Connecticut                             7-0                   Junior

    Isaiah Briscoe                          Kentucky                                6-3                   Freshman

    Dillon Brooks                          Oregon                                    6-7                   Sophomore

    Elijah Brown                           New Mexico                           6-4                   Sophomore

    Jaylen Brown                          California                                6-7                   Freshman

    Lamous Brown                       Utah State U-Eastern (CC)     7-0                   Sophomore

    Deonte Burton                        Iowa State                               6-4                   Junior

    Antonio Campbell                   Ohio                                        6-10                 Junior

    Kareem Canty                         Auburn                                    6-0                   Junior

    Robert Carter Jr.                     Maryland                                 6-9                   Junior

    Marquese Chriss                      Washington                             6-9                   Freshman

    Conor Clifford                        Washington State                    7-0                   Junior

    Charles Cooke III                   Dayton                                    6-5                   Junior

    Bakari Copeland                     Maryland-Eastern Shore         6-6                   Junior

    Deyonta Davis                        Michigan State                        6-10                 Freshman

    Moustapha Diagne                  Northwest Florida State         6-9                   Freshman

    Cheick Diallo                          Kansas                                     6-9                   Freshman

    Tyler Dorsey                           Oregon                                    6-4                   Freshman

    D’andre Downey                    Stillman College (AL)             6-9                   Junior

    Kris Dunn                               Providence                              6-4                   Junior

    Vince Edwards                       Purdue                                     6-8                   Sophomore

    Henry Ellenson                       Marquette                                6-11                 Freshman

    Kay Felder                              Oakland                                  5-9                   Junior

    Brannen Greene                      Kansas                                     6-7                   Junior

    Jimmy Hall                              Kent State                               6-8                   Junior

    Daniel Hamilton                      Connecticut                             6-7                   Sophomore

    Cedric Happi Noube               Virginia Union                        6-7                   Junior

    Jordan Hare                             Rhode Island                          6-10                 Junior

    Josh Hart                                 Villanova                                 6-5                   Junior

    Josh Hawkinson                      Washington State                    6-10                 Junior

    Nigel Hayes                            Wisconsin                                6-8                   Junior

    Brandon Ingram                      Duke                                       6-9                   Freshman        

    Ike Iroegbu                             Washington State                    6-2                   Junior

    Demetrius Jackson                  Notre Dame                            6-1                   Junior

    Justin Jackson                         North Carolina                        6-8                   Sophomore

    Julian Jacobs                           USC                                        6-4                   Junior

    Stefan Jankovic                       Hawaii                                     6-11                 Junior

    Anthony January                     Cal State-San Bernardino       6-8                   Sophomore

    Kris Jenkins                             Villanova                                 6-6                   Junior

    Que Johnson                           Washington State                    6-5                   Junior

    Peter Jok                                 Iowa                                        6-6                   Junior

    Damian Jones                          Vanderbilt                               7-0                   Junior

    Derrick Jones Jr.                      UNLV                                     6-7                   Freshman

    Nikola Jovanovic                    USC                                        6-11                 Junior

    Moses Kingsley                       Arkansas                                 6-10                 Junior

    Travion Kirkendoll                  Centenary College (LA)         6-3                   Sophomore

    Skal Labissiere                        Kentucky                                6-11                 Freshman

    Jermaine Lawrence                 Manhattan                               6-10                 Sophomore

    Dedric Lawson                       Memphis                                 6-9                   Freshman

    Marcus Lee                             Kentucky                                6-9                   Junior

    Thon Maker                             Orangeville Prep/Athlete Institute                  7-0       Post-Graduate

    Emmanuel Malou                    Yuba CC (CA)                        6-9                   Sophomore

    Makai Mason                          Yale                                         6-1                   Sophomore

    Patrick McCaw                       UNLV                                     6-7                   Sophomore

    Zak McLaughlin                     Gadsden State CC (AL)         6-9                   Freshman

    Jahmal McMurray                   South Florida                          6-0                   Freshman

    Kennedy Meeks                      North Carolina                        6-10                 Junior

    Dallas Moore                           North Florida                          6-1                   Junior

    Jalen Moore                             Utah State                               6-9                   Junior

    Dejounte Murray                     Washington                             6-5                   Freshman

    Jamal Murray                          Kentucky                                6-4                   Freshman

    Mamadou Ndiaye                   UC-Irvine                                7-6                   Junior

    Tyrell Nelson                           Gardner-Webb                        6-7                   Junior

    Malik Newman                       Mississippi State                     6-3                   Freshman

    Marc-Eddy Norelia                 Florida Gulf Coast                  6-8                   Junior

    Chris Obekpa                          St. John’s                                6-10                 Junior

    Goodluck Okonoboh              UNLV                                     6-10                 Sophomore

    Cameron Oliver                       Nevada                                    6-8                   Freshman

    Chinanu Onuaku                     Louisville                                6-10                 Sophomore

    Alec Peters                              Valparaiso                               6-9                   Junior

    QJ Peterson                             VMI                                        6-0                   Junior

    Jakob Poeltl                             Utah                                        7-0                   Sophomore

    Malik Pope                              San Diego State                      6-10                 Sophomore

    Rodney Purvis                        Connecticut                             6-4                   Junior

    Tim Quarterman                      LSU                                        6-6                   Junior

    Jalen Reynolds                        Xavier                                     6-10                 Junior

    Malachi Richardson                Syracuse                                  6-6                   Freshman

    Domantas Sabonis                  Gonzaga                                  6-11                 Sophomore

    Corey Sanders Jr.                    Rutgers                                    6-2                   Freshman

    Wayne Selden Jr.                    Kansas                                     6-5                   Junior

    Ingrid Sewa                            Arizona Western College (CC)6-9                  Sophomore

    Pascal Siakam                         New Mexico State                  6-9                   Sophomore

    Ben Simmons                          LSU                                        6-10                 Freshman

    Diamond Stone                       Maryland                                 6-11                 Freshman

    Caleb Swanigan                      Purdue                                     6-9                   Freshman        

    Isaiah Taylor                           Texas                                       6-1                   Junior

    Rakish Taylor                          Anderson University (SC)      6-7                   Junior

    Ethan Telfair                           Idaho State                             6-0                   Junior

    Trevor Thompson                    Ohio State                               6-11                 Sophomore

    Melo Trimble                           Maryland                                 6-3                   Sophomore

    Tyler Ulis                                Kentucky                                5-9                   Sophomore

    Aaron Valdes                          Hawaii                                     6-5                   Junior

    Maurice Watson Jr.                 Creighton                                5-10                 Junior

    James Webb III                       Boise State                              6-9                   Junior

    Andrew White III                   Nebraska                                 6-7                   Junior

    Isaiah Whitehead                    Seton Hall                               6-4                   Sophomore     

    Devin Williams                       West Virginia                          6-9                   Junior

    Troy Williams                          Indiana                                    6-7                   Junior

    Alec Wintering                        Portland                                  5-11                 Junior

    Zeek Woodley                        Northwestern State                 6-2                   Junior

    Stephen Zimmerman               UNLV                                     7-0                   Freshman

     

    The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2016 NBA Draft:

     

    Player                                     Team/Country of Team        Height              Status

    Marko Arapovic                      Cedevita (Croatia)                  6-9                   1996 DOB

    Ege Arar                                  Galatasaray (Turkey)               6-9                   1996 DOB

    Edin Atic                                Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)          6-7                   1997 DOB

    Gracin Bakumanya                 Antibes (France)                     7-0                   1997 DOB

    Romaric Belemene                  Clinicas Rincon (Spain)          6-9                   1997 DOB

    Dragan Bender                        Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)       7-0                   1997 DOB

    Metecan Birsen                       Istanbul BSB (Turkey)            6-9                   1995 DOB

    Axel Bouteille                         Chalon (France)                      6-7                   1995 DOB

    Isaia Cordinier                        Denain (France)                      6-5                   1996 DOB

    Petr Cornelie                           Le Mans (France)                    6-11                 1995 DOB

    Ilimane Diop                           Laboral Kutxa (Spain)            6-11                 1995 DOB

    Youssoupha Fall                     Le Mans (France)                    7-3                   1995 DOB

    Diego Flaccadori                     Trento (Italy)                           6-5                   1996 DOB

    Michael Fusek                         Spirou (Belgium)                     7-3                   1995 DOB

    Marko Guduric                       Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)          6-6                   1995 DOB

    Egemen Guven                       Karsiyaka (Turkey)                 6-10                 1996 DOB

    Ludvig Hakanson                   Sevilla (Spain)                         6-3                   1996 DOB

    Juancho Hernangomez            Estudiantes (Spain)                 6-9                   1995 DOB

    Ognjen Jaramaz                       Mega Leks (Serbia)                 6-4                   1995 DOB

    Alpha Kaba                             Mega Leks (Serbia)                 6-10                 1996 DOB

    Vincent Kesteloot                   Aalstar (Belgium)                    6-7                   1995 DOB

    Furkan Korkmaz                     Efes (Turkey)                          6-7                   1997 DOB

    Emircan Kosut                        Efes (Turkey)                          7-1                   1995 DOB     

    Mathias Lessort                       Chalon (France)                      6-9                   1995 DOB

    Luc Loubaki                            Orleans (France)                      6-3                   1997 DOB

    Timoth? Luwawu                    Mega Leks (Serbia)                 6-7                   1995 DOB

    Blaz Mesicek                           Union Olimpija (Slovenia)      6-6                   1997 DOB

    Aleksej Nikolic                       Brose Baskets (Germany)       6-3                   1995 DOB     

    Georgios Papagiannis              Panathinaikos (Greece)           7-2                   1997 DOB

    Adam Pechacek                      Koszalin (Poland)                   6-10                 1995 DOB

    Petar Rakicevic                       Metalac (Serbia)                      6-9                   1995 DOB

    Martynas Sajus                        Zalgiris (Lithuania)                 6-9                   1996 DOB

    Jordan Sakho                          Torrelodones (Spain)               6-10                 1997 DOB

    Wesley Sena                            Bauru (Brazil)                         6-11                 1996 DOB

    Kenan Sipahi                           Karsiyaka (Turkey)                 6-6                   1995 DOB

    Nik Slavica                              Cibona (Croatia)                     6-7                   1997 DOB

    Rolands Smits                         Fuenlabrada (Spain)                6-10                 1995 DOB

    Emir Sulejmanovic                  Barcelona (Spain)                    6-9                   1995 DOB

    Berk Ugurlu                            Fenerbahce (Turkey)               6-3                   1996 DOB

    Alexander Vezenkov              Barcelona (Spain)                    6-9                   1995 DOB

    Guerschon Yabusele               Rouen (France)                       6-7                   1995 DOB

    Rade Zagorac                          Mega Leks (Serbia)                 6-10                 1995 DOB

    Zhou Qi                                   Xinjiang (China)                     7-2                   1996 DOB

    Ante Zizic                               Cibona (Croatia)                     6-11                 1997 DOB

    Ivica Zubac                             Mega Leks (Serbia)                 7-0                   1997 DOB

     

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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