NBA Announces Early Entries for 2007 NBA Draft

NBA Announces Early Entries for 2007 NBA Draft

Posted May 4 2007 1:35PM

NEW YORK, May 3, 2007 -- The National Basketball Association announced today that 83 players, including 58 players from U.S. colleges and institutions and 25 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2007 NBA Draft.

Players wishing to renounce their remaining intercollegiate eligibility and enter the 2007 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 29. 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 18.

Following is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2007 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 28, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City:

COLLEGIATE -- EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2007 NBA DRAFT Player School Height Status Arron Afflalo UCLA 6-5 Junior Shagari Alleyne Manhattan 7-3 Junior Corey Brewer Florida 6-9 Junior Dwight Brewington Liberty 6-5 Junior Roy Bright Delaware State 6-6 Junior Aaron Bruce Baylor 6-3 Junior Jaycee Carroll Utah State 6-2 Junior Wilson Chandler DePaul 6-8 Sophomore Dan Coleman Minnesota 6-9 Junior Mike Conley Jr. Ohio State 6-1 Freshman Daequan Cook Ohio State 6-5 Freshman P.J. Couisnard Wichita State 6-4 Junior Javaris Crittenton Georgia Tech 6-5 Freshman Sasa Cuic Oregon State 6-10 Junior JamesOn Curry Oklahoma State 6-3 Junior Chris Daniels Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7-0 Junior Glen Davis LSU 6-9 Junior Kevin Durant Texas 6-9 Freshman Drew Gibson Wofford 6-2 Junior Jeff Green Georgetown 6-9 Junior Taurean Green Florida 6-0 Junior DeVon Hardin California 6-11 Junior Spencer Hawes Washington 7-0 Freshman Roy Hibbert Georgetown 7-2 Junior Al Horford Florida 6-10 Junior Leon Jacob Texas A&M International 6-1 Junior Dominic James Marquette 5-11 Sophomore Robert Earl Johnson Clinton JC (SC) 6-7 Freshman Joseph Jones Texas A&M 6-9 Junior Marcel Jones Oregon State 6-8 Junior Marcelus Kemp Nevada 6-5 Junior Kellen Lee Los Angeles City College 6-11 Sophomore James Mays Clemson 6-9 Junior Bo McCalebb New Orleans 6-0 Junior Dominic McGuire Fresno State 6-8 Junior Josh McRoberts Duke 6-10 Sophomore Tack Minor LSU 6-0 Junior Joakim Noah Florida 6-11 Junior Greg Oden Ohio State 7-0 Freshman Kendaris Pelton Southern Mississippi 6-6 Junior Bruce Price Tennessee State 6-3 Junior Gabe Pruitt Southern California 6-4 Junior Shaun Pruitt Illinois 6-10 Junior Charles Rhodes Mississippi State 6-8 Junior Maureece Rice George Washington 6-1 Junior Brandon Rush Kansas 6-6 Sophomore Ramon Sessions Nevada 6-3 Junior Sean Singletary Virginia 6-0 Junior Jason Smith Colorado State 7-0 Junior Rodney Stuckey Eastern Washington 6-5 Sophomore Spencer Tollackson Minnesota 6-9 Junior Isaac Wells Arkansas State 6-8 Junior Terrance Whiters Arkansas Tech 5-11 Junior Marcus Williams Arizona 6-7 Sophomore Sean Williams Boston College 6-10 Junior Brandan Wright North Carolina 6-9 Freshman Julian Wright Kansas 6-8 Sophomore Nick Young Southern California 6-6 Junior Thaddeus Young Georgia Tech 6-8 Freshman

The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2007 NBA Draft:

INTERNATIONAL -- EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2007 NBA DRAFT Player Team/Country* Height Status Ralfi Silva Ansaloni Praia Club (Brazil) 7-0 1987 DOB Stanko Barac Siroki (Bosnia) 7-2 1986 DOB Rodrigue Beaubois Cholet (France) 6-0 1988 DOB Marco Belinelli Climamio Bologna (Italy) 6-5 1986 DOB Hakan Demirel Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) 6-4 1986 DOB Romain Duport Le Havre (France) 7-0 1986 DOB Kyrylo Fesenko Cherkasy (Ukraine) 7-0 1986 DOB Vladimir Golubovic Vojvodina (Serbia) 7-0 1986 DOB Rafael Hettsheimeier Akasvayu Vic (Spain) 6-10 1986 DOB Deyan Ivanov Drac Inca (Spain) 6-9 1986 DOB Kaloyan Ivanov Vive Menorca (Spain) 6-9 1986 DOB Maxym Ivshyn Azovmash (Ukraine) 6-10 1986 DOB Petteri Koponen Honka (Finland) 6-4 1988 DOB Ivan Maras Buducnost (Montenegro) 6-9 1986 DOB Manuchar Markoishvili Olimpija (Slovenia) 6-5 1986 DOB Douglas Angelo Nunes Uberlandia (Brazil) 6-7 1987 DOB Caner Oner Alpella (Turkey) 6-7 1987 DOB Miroslav Raduljica FMP (Serbia) 7-0 1988 DOB Nikita Shabalkin Samara (Russia) 6-9 1986 DOB Vladimir Stimac Valmiera (Latvia) 6-9 1987 DOB Gabriel Szalay Norrkoping (Sweden) 7-1 1986 DOB Ante Tomic KK Zagreb (Croatia) 7-2 1987 DOB Caio Torres Estudiantes (Spain) 6-11 1987 DOB Yi Jianlian Guandong Southern Tigers (China) 6-11 1987 DOB Artem Zabelin Avtodor (Russia) 7-0 1988 DOB

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