List Of 77 Early Entry Candidates For 2013 NBA Draft

[RealGM Wiretap]

The 2013 NBA Draft has 77 early entry candidates, with 46 players from United States' colleges and 31 internatinoal players.

Players have the right to withdraw no later than June 17 ahead of the June 27 draft in Brooklyn.

College Players
Steven Adams, Pitt
C.J. Aiken, St. Joseph's
Vander Blue, Marquette,
Lorenzo Brown, N.C. State
Reggie Bullock, North Carolina
Trey Burke, Michigan
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
Adrien Coleman, Bethune-Cookman
Allen Crabbe, Cal
Deweyne Dedmon, USC
Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State
Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan
Grant Jerrett, Arizona
Christian Kabongo, New Mexico State
Myck Kabongo, Texas
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ricky Ledo, Providence
Alex Len, Maryland
C.J. Leslie, N.C. State
Nurideen Lindsey, Rider
Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma
Ray McCallum, Detroit
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Tony Mitchell, North Texas
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Norvel Pelle, Los Angeles College Prep
Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown
Marshawn Powell, Arkansas
Phil Pressey, Missouri
Andre Robertson, Colorado
Joshua Simmons, Spartanburg Methodist (JC)
Trevis Simpson, UNC-Greensboro
Tony Snell, New Mexico
Tahj Tate, Delaware State
John Taylor, Fresno Pacific
Adonis Thompson, Memphis
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
B.J. Young, Arkansas
Cody Zeller, Indiana

International Players
Alejandro Abrines, Barcelona 
Giannis Adetokunbo, Filathlitikos
Francois Affia Ambadiang, Geoplin Slovan
Nemanja Besovic, Partizan
Bogdan Bogdanovic, Partizan
Matias Bortolin, Arkadia,
Linos Chrysikopoulos, PAOK
Laszlo Dobos, Zaragoza
Dorde Drenovac, Biancoblu
Viktor Gaddefors, Oknoplast Bologna
Rudy Gobert, Cholet
Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Boulogne
Livio Jean-Charles, ASVEL
Sergey Karasev, Triumph
Louis Laveyrie, Paris-Levallois
Raul Neto, Lagun Aro GBC
Philipp Neumann, Brose Baskets
Lucas Riva Nogueira, Estudiantes
Alexandre Paranhos, Flamengo
Artem Pustovyi, Khimik
Bogdan Radosavljevic, Bayern Munich
Marko Ramljak, Zadar
Dario Saric, Cibona
Dennis Schroder, New York Phantoms
Strahinja Stojacic, Smederevo
Walter Tavares, Gran Canaria
Daniel Theis, Ratiopharm
Janis Timma, Ventspils
Marko Todorovic, Barcelona
Axel Toupane, Strasbourg
Adin Vrabac, Spars Sarajevo 

Via RealGM Staff Report

[Jeff Van Gully]

what's wrong with this picture?

oh, right. the fact that there are only 60 draft spots, but 77 guys in this category alone who choose not to take advantage of more education and/or seasoning.

only 40 or so of these guys are even draft-ready. and by draft-ready, i mean, ready to be drafted and NOT make an NBA opening day roster.

i'm all for kids coming out early and getting that paper when they're ready. but only a handful of these names fit into that category.

[Jim Dolan]

what's wrong with this picture?

oh, right. the fact that there are only 60 draft spots, but 77 guys in this category alone who choose not to take advantage of more education and/or seasoning.

only 40 or so of these guys are even draft-ready. and by draft-ready, i mean, ready to be drafted and NOT make an NBA opening day roster.

i'm all for kids coming out early and getting that paper when they're ready. but only a handful of these names fit into that category.

worth the risk, I'm sure many of these players didnt go to college to be educated

[Jeff Van Gully]

what's wrong with this picture?

oh, right. the fact that there are only 60 draft spots, but 77 guys in this category alone who choose not to take advantage of more education and/or seasoning.

only 40 or so of these guys are even draft-ready. and by draft-ready, i mean, ready to be drafted and NOT make an NBA opening day roster.

i'm all for kids coming out early and getting that paper when they're ready. but only a handful of these names fit into that category.

worth the risk, I'm sure many of these players didnt go to college to be educated

is it worth the risk when you're an underclassman barely on the board... whose draft stock could lock into first round money if you hang around even one more year?

it's definitely a case-by-case decision, but look at those names. most are the next generation of d-leaguers. a handful of those would probably benefit from expanded roles and shine in the NCAA next year.

let alone a desire to learn something. which, you're right, most of them don't have. that's the biggest shame.

[FNQ]

Its early entry, meaning they are just testing the waters right now. I'd imagine at least 10 or so go back to school after finding out that they either aren't draft material right now, or are much lower projected than they hoped.

As for the international players, not all of them are HSers. They file as 'early entry' because they aren't automatically entered into the draft. I believe the automatic entry age is 22, so these Euros are 21 or younger.

But the big point is that they have more than 1.5 months to take their names out of the draft, and I bet a big chunk do. Happens every year