Early Entry List For 2009 NBA Draft

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The NBA announced today that 103 players, including 74 players from U.S. colleges and 29 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA Draft.

Players wishing to renounce their remaining intercollegiate eligibility and enter the 2009 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 26. 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 15.

Following is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2009 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 25, at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City:

Darion Anderson, Northern Illinois
Ryan Anderson, Nebraska
Dominique Archie, South Carolina
DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh
Derrick Brown, Xavier
Chase Budinger, Arizona
Nick Calathes, Florida
Earl Clark, Louisville
Dwayne Collins, Miami
Kareem Cooper, Texas-El Paso
Kenneth Coopder, Louisiana Tech
Brandon Costner, North Carolina State
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Bryan Davis, Texas A&M
Austin Daye, Gonzaga
DeMar DeRozan, Southern California
Eric Devendorf, Syracuse
Devan Downey, South Carolina
Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Chinemelu Elonu, Texas A&M
Tyreke Evans, Memphis
Gary Flowers, Chipola JC (FL)
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Jonathan Gibson, New Mexico State
Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech
Taj Gibson, Southern California
Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
D'mond Grismore, Huston-Tillotson (TX)
Rogér Guignard, Texas-Arlington
Daniel Hackett, Southern California
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
James Harden, Arizona State
Kevin Harris, Northwest Mississippi CC
Paul Harris, Syracuse
Gerald Henderson, Duke
Jordan Hill, Arizona
Jrue Holiday, UCLA
Damion James, Texas
James Johnson, Wake Forest
Mac Koshwal, DePaul
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Ty Lawson, North Carolina
James Lewis, Fresno Pacific
Darnell Lindsay, Tennessee Tech
Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco
Ater Majok, Connecticut
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky
Nate Miles, Southern Idaho
Patrick Mills, St. Mary's
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
B.J. Mullens, Ohio State
Ronald Ogoke, Paul Quinn College (TX)
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
D.J. Rivera, Binghamton
Terrence Roderick, Alabama-Birmingham
Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech
Junior Salters, Wofford
Donald Sloan, Texas A&M
Tyler Smith, Tennessee
DaJuan Summers, Georgetown
Shawn Taggart, Memphis
Jonathan Tavernari, BYU
Jeff Teague, Wake Forest
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
Malcolm Thomas, San Diego City College
Dar Tucker, DePaul
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
Martez Walker, Riverside CC (CA)
Michael Washington, Arkansas
Jeremy Wise, Southern Mississippi
Nic Wise, Arizona

The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2009 NBA Draft:

Amadou Aboubakar Zaki, Nancy (France)
Rodrigue Beaubois, Cholet (France)
Nemanja Bjelica, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Georgios Bogris, Ilysiakos (Greece)
Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite (Israel)
Victor Claver, Pamesa Valencia (Spain)
Vladimir Dasic, Buducnost (Montenegro)
Christian Eyenga, DKV Joventut (Spain)
Vitor Faverani, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
Sergey Gladyr, Mykolaiv (Ukraine)
Adam Hanga, Albacomp (Hungary)
Bariş Hersek, Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
Rudy Jomby, Le Havre (France)
Tanel Kurbas, Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)
Milan Macvan, Hemofarm (Serbia)
Boban Marjanovic, Hemofarm (Serbia)
Tim Ohlbrecht, Bamberg (Germany)
Carl Ona Embo, Biella (Italy)
Nikolaos Pappas, Real Madrid II (Spain)
Anton Ponomarev, Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan)
Paulo Prestes, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
Miroslav Raduljica, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia)
Fernando Raposo, Pau Orthez (France)
Ricky Rubio, DKV Joventut (Spain)
Evangelos Sakellariou, Pagrati (Greece)
Alexandros Sigkounas, Olimpia Larissa (Greece)
Ludovic Vaty, Pau Orthez (France)
Ibrahim Yildirim, Banvit (Turkey)
Artem Zabelin, CSKA Moscow (Russia)

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality.

 

[DC4]

Doesn't this draft seem stronger than we originally thought it was?

 

[The Young One]

Rubio entering the draft and a few other prospects such as ty lawson,wayne and flynn and GH have made this draft way stronger.

 

[DC4]

Yea and after than, I'm pretty you can find some decent starters and some role players with good development and training right?

 

[I'm With ATL]

Stephen Curry entering the draft eh? Thats pretty cool. I think this is an underrated draft class tbh.

 

[JoshHoward5]

I really hope James removes his name, he could benefit with another year at Texas. This year would be a lot better for him, because we have some scores coming in, and we won't have to rely on him and Abrams for all our points.