Early Entry Candidates for 2009 NBA Draft
Posted May 2 2009 12:14AM
| Player |
School |
Height |
Class |
| Darion Anderson |
Northern Illinois |
6-2 |
Sophomore |
| Ryan Anderson |
Nebraska |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Dominique Archie |
South Carolina |
6-7 |
Junior |
| DeJuan Blair |
Pittsburgh |
6-7 |
Sophomore |
| Derrick Brown |
Xavier |
6-8 |
Junior |
| Chase Budinger |
Arizona |
6-7 |
Junior |
| Nick Calathes |
Florida |
6-6 |
Sophomore |
| Earl Clark |
Louisville |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Dwayne Collins |
Miami |
6-8 |
Junior |
| Kareem Cooper |
UTEP |
7-0 |
Junior |
| Kenneth Cooper |
Louisiana Tech |
6-10 |
Junior |
| Brandon Costner |
NC State |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Stephen Curry |
Davidson |
6-1 |
Junior |
| Bryan Davis |
Texas A&M |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Austin Daye |
Gonzaga |
6-10 |
Sophomore |
| DeMar DeRozan |
USC |
6-7 |
Freshman |
| Eric Devendorf |
Syracuse |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Devan Downey |
South Carolina |
5-9 |
Junior |
| Osiris Eldridge |
Illinois State |
6-3 |
Junior |
| Wayne Ellington |
North Carolina |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Chinemelu Elonu |
Texas A&M |
6-10 |
Junior |
| Tyreke Evans |
Memphis |
6-6 |
Freshman |
| Gary Flowers |
Chipola JC (FL) |
6-8 |
Sophomore |
| Jonny Flynn |
Syracuse |
6-0 |
Sophomore |
| Jonathan Gibson |
New Mexico St. |
6-2 |
Junior |
| Kyle Gibson |
Louisiana Tech |
6-5 |
Junior |
| Taj Gibson |
USC |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Blake Griffin |
Oklahoma |
6-10 |
Sophomore |
| D'mond Grismore |
Huston-Tillotson (TX) |
6-6 |
Junior |
| Rogr Guignard |
Texas-Arlington |
5-11 |
Junior |
| Daniel Hackett |
USC |
6-5 |
Junior |
| Luke Harangody |
Notre Dame |
6-8 |
Junior |
| James Harden |
Arizona St. |
6-4 |
Sophomore |
| Kevin Harris |
Northwest Mississippi CC |
5-11 |
Sophomore |
| Paul Harris |
Syracuse |
6-5 |
Junior |
| Gerald Henderson |
Duke |
6-5 |
Junior |
| Jordan Hill |
Arizona |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Jrue Holiday |
UCLA |
6-4 |
Freshman |
| Damion James |
Texas |
6-7 |
Junior |
| James Johnson |
Wake Forest |
6-9 |
Sophomore |
| Mac Koshwal |
DePaul |
6-10 |
Sophomore |
| Gani Lawal |
Georgia Tech |
6-9 |
Sophomore |
| Ty Lawson |
North Carolina |
5-11 |
Junior |
| James Lewis |
Fresno Pacific |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Darnell Lindsay |
Tennessee Tech |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Dior Lowhorn |
San Francisco |
6-7 |
Junior |
| Ater Majok |
Connecticut |
6-10 |
Freshman |
| Jodie Meeks |
Kentucky |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Nate Miles |
Southern Idaho |
6-7 |
Freshman |
| Patrick Mills |
St. Mary's |
6-0 |
Sophomore |
| Tasmin Mitchell |
LSU |
6-7 |
Junior |
| B.J. Mullens |
Ohio State |
7-0 |
Freshman |
| Ronald Ogoke |
Paul Quinn College (TX) |
7-0 |
Junior |
| Patrick Patterson |
Kentucky |
6-9 |
Sophomore |
| Scottie Reynolds |
Villanova |
6-2 |
Junior |
| D.J. Rivera |
Binghamton |
6-4 |
Junior |
| Terrence Roderick |
UAB |
6-6 |
Sophomore |
| Magnum Rolle |
Louisiana Tech |
6-11 |
Junior |
| Junior Salters |
Wofford |
6-1 |
Junior |
| Donald Sloan |
Texas A&M |
6-3 |
Junior |
| Tyler Smith |
Tennessee |
6-7 |
Junior |
| DaJuan Summers |
Georgetown |
6-8 |
Junior |
| Shawn Taggart |
Memphis |
6-10 |
Junior |
| Jonathan Tavernari |
BYU |
6-6 |
Junior |
| Jeff Teague |
Wake Forest |
6-2 |
Sophomore |
| Hasheem Thabeet |
Connecticut |
7-3 |
Junior |
| Malcolm Thomas |
San Diego City College |
6-9 |
Sophomore |
| Dar Tucker |
DePaul |
6-5 |
Sophomore |
| Jarvis Varnado |
Mississippi State |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Greivis Vasquez |
Maryland |
6-6 |
Junior |
| Martez Walker |
Riverside CC (CA) |
6-6 |
Freshman |
| Michael Washington |
Arkansas |
6-9 |
Junior |
| Jeremy Wise |
Southern Mississippi |
6-2 |
Junior |
| Nic Wise |
Arizona |
5-10 |
Junior |
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| International EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2009 NBA DRAFT |
| Player |
Team/Country* |
Height |
Date of Birth |
| Amadou Aboubakar Zaki |
Nancy (France) |
7-1 |
1988 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois |
Cholet (France) |
6-0 |
1988 |
| Nemanja Bjelica |
Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) |
6-10 |
1988 |
| Georgios Bogris |
Ilysiakos (Greece) |
6-10 |
1989 |
| Omri Casspi |
Maccabi Elite (Israel) |
6-9 |
1988 |
| Victor Claver |
Pamesa Valencia (Spain) |
6-9 |
1988 |
| Vladimir Dasic |
Buducnost (Montenegro) |
6-10 |
1988 |
| Christian Eyenga |
DKV Joventut (Spain) |
6-5 |
1989 |
| Vitor Faverani |
Unicaja Malaga (Spain) |
6-10 |
1988 |
| Sergey Gladyr |
Mykolaiv (Ukraine) |
6-5 |
1989 |
| Adam Hanga |
Albacomp (Hungary) |
6-7 |
1989 |
| Bari Hersek |
Efes Pilsen (Turkey) |
6-9 |
1988 |
| Rudy Jomby |
Le Havre (France) |
6-6 |
1988 |
| Tanel Kurbas |
Kalev/Cramo (Estonia) |
6-6 |
1988 |
| Milan Macvan |
Hemofarm (Serbia) |
6-9 |
1989 |
| Boban Marjanovic |
Hemofarm (Serbia) |
7-4 |
1988 |
| Tim Ohlbrecht |
Bamberg (Germany) |
6-11 |
1988 |
| Carl Ona Embo |
Biella (Italy) |
6-1 |
1989 |
| Nikolaos Pappas |
Real Madrid II (Spain) |
6-5 |
1990 |
| Anton Ponomarev |
Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan) |
6-10 |
1988 |
| Paulo Prestes |
Unicaja Malaga (Spain) |
6-11 |
1988 |
| Miroslav Raduljica |
FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) |
7-0 |
1988 |
| Fernando Raposo |
Pau Orthez (France) |
6-9 |
1989 |
| Ricky Rubio |
DKV Joventut (Spain) |
6-4 |
1990 |
| Evangelos Sakellariou |
Pagrati (Greece) |
6-5 |
1989 |
| Alexandros Sigkounas |
Olimpia Larissa (Greece) |
6-7 |
1988 |
| Ludovic Vaty |
Pau Orthez (France) |
6-9 |
1988 |
| Ibrahim Yildirim |
Banvit (Turkey) |
6-3 |
1990 |
| Artem Zabelin |
CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
7-1 |
1988 |
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