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Saturday / December 14.
  • 60 college, 13 International players remain early entry candidates for NBA Draft

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    NEW YORK — Thirty-three international players who had declared as early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm have withdrawn. There are 60 collegiate and 13 international prospects that remain early entry candidates.

    The NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm will be held on Thursday, June 23 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

    Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

     

    PLAYER                                              TEAM (COUNTRY*)

    Marko Arapovic                                    Cedevita (Croatia)

    Ege Arar                                                Galatasaray (Turkey)

    Edin Atic                                               Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)

    Romaric Belemene                                Clinicas Rincon (Spain)

    Metecan Birsen                                     Istanbul BSB (Turkey)

    Axel Bouteille                                       Chalon (France)

    Ilimane Diop                                         Laboral Kutxa (Spain)

    Youssoupha Fall                                   Le Mans (France)

    Diego Flaccadori                                   Trento (Italy)

    Michael Fusek                                       Spirou (Belgium)

    Marko Guduric                                      Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

    Egemen Guven                                      Karsiyaka (Turkey)

    Ludvig Hakanson                                  Sevilla (Spain)

    Ognjen Jaramaz                                     Mega Leks (Serbia)

    Alpha Kaba                                           Mega Leks (Serbia)

    Vincent Kesteloot                                  Aalstar (Belgium)

    Emircan Kosut                                      Efes (Turkey)

    Mathias Lessort                                     Chalon (France)

    Luc Loubaki                                          Orleans (France)

    Blaz Mesicek                                         Union Olimpija (Slovenia)

    Aleksej Nikolic                                     Brose Baskets (Germany)

    Adam Pechacek                                    Koszalin (Poland)

    Petar Rakicevic                                     Metalac (Serbia)

    Martynas Sajus                                      Zalgiris (Lithuania)

    Jordan Sakho                                        Torrelodones (Spain)

    Wesley Sena                                          Bauru (Brazil)

    Kenan Sipahi                                         Karsiyaka (Turkey)

    Nik Slavica                                            Cibona (Croatia)

    Rolands Smits                                       Fuenlabrada (Spain)

    Emir Sulejmanovic                                Barcelona (Spain)

    Berk Ugurlu                                          Fenerbahce (Turkey)

    Alexander Vezenkov                            Barcelona (Spain)

    Santiago Yusta                                      Obradoiro (Spain)

     

     

    Following is a list of players from colleges and post-graduate institutions who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

     

    PLAYER                                              SCHOOL

    Rosco Allen                                          Stanford

    Tony Anderson                                     Southeast Missouri State

    Brandon Austin                                     Northwest Florida State

    Wade Baldwin IV                                  Vanderbilt

    Anthony “Cat” Barber                           North Carolina State

    Malik Beasley                                       Florida State

    DeAndre Bembry                                  St. Joseph’s

    Ben Bentil                                             Providence

    Jaylen Brown                                        California

    Lamous Brown                                      Utah State U-Eastern (CC)

    Kareem Canty                                       Auburn

    Robert Carter Jr.                                    Maryland

    Marquese Chriss                                    Washington

    Deyonta Davis                                      Michigan State

    Cheick Diallo                                        Kansas

    Kris Dunn                                             Providence

    Henry Ellenson                                     Marquette

    Kay Felder                                            Oakland

    Brannen Greene                                    Kansas

    Daniel Hamilton                                    Connecticut

    Cedric Happi Noube                             Virginia Union

    Jordan Hare                                           Rhode Island

    Brandon Ingram                                    Duke

    Demetrius Jackson                                Notre Dame

    Julian Jacobs                                         USC

    Stefan Jankovic                                     Hawaii

    Anthony January                                   Cal State-San Bernardino

    Damian Jones                                        Vanderbilt

    Derrick Jones Jr.                                   UNLV

    Nikola Jovanovic                                  USC

    Skal Labissiere                                      Kentucky

    Jermaine Lawrence                               Manhattan

    Thon Maker                                          Orangeville Prep/Athlete Institute

    Emmanuel Malou                                  Yuba CC (CA)

    Patrick McCaw                                      UNLV

    Zak McLaughlin                                    Gadsden State CC (AL)

    Dejounte Murray                                   Washington

    Jamal Murray                                        Kentucky

    Mamadou Ndiaye                                  UC-Irvine

    Chris Obekpa                                        St. John’s

    Goodluck Okonoboh                            UNLV

    Chinanu Onuaku                                   Louisville

    Jakob Poeltl                                           Utah

    Tim Quarterman                                    LSU

    Jalen Reynolds                                      Xavier

    Malachi Richardson                              Syracuse

    Domantas Sabonis                                 Gonzaga

    Wayne Selden Jr.                                  Kansas

    Ingrid Sewa                                           Arizona Western College (CC)

    Pascal Siakam                                       New Mexico State

    Ben Simmons                                        LSU

    Diamond Stone                                     Maryland

    Isaiah Taylor                                         Texas

    Tyler Ulis                                              Kentucky

    Aaron Valdes                                        Hawaii

    James Webb III                                     Boise State

    Isaiah Whitehead                                   Seton Hall

    Devin Williams                                     West Virginia

    Troy Williams                                       Indiana

    Stephen Zimmerman                             UNLV

     

     

    Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

     

    PLAYER                                              TEAM (COUNTRY*)

    Gracin Bakumanya                               Antibes (France)

    Dragan Bender                                      Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

    Isaia Cordinier                                       Denain (France)

    Petr Cornelie                                         Le Mans (France)

    Juancho Hernangomez                          Estudiantes (Spain)

    Furkan Korkmaz                                   Efes (Turkey)

    Timothe Luwawu                                  Mega Leks (Serbia)

    Georgios Papagiannis                            Panathinaikos (Greece)

    Zhou Qi                                                 Xinjiang (China)

    Guerschon Yabusele                             Rouen (France)

    Rade Zagorac                                        Mega Leks (Serbia)

    Ante Zizic                                             Cibona (Croatia)

    Ivica Zubac                                           Mega Leks (Serbia)

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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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