Eleven early entry candidates withdraw from 2012 NBA Draft

NEW YORK – Eleven players who had declared as early entry candidates for the 2012 NBA Draft have withdrawn. There are 49 collegiate and seven international prospects that remain early entry candidates.

The 2012 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 28 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The following U.S. college player has withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2012 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                             SCHOOL

Raymond Taylor                   Florida Atlantic

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2012 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                             TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Jonas Bergstedt                    Torrelodones (Spain)

Maximilian Klebers              Oliver Baskets (Germany)

Lahaou Konate                     Evreux (France)

Mindaugas Kupsas               Baltai Kaunas (Lithuania)

Joffrey Lauvergne                 Chalon (France)

Abdoulaye Loum                  Gravelines (France)

Nika Metreveli                     Sassari (Italy)

Nemanja Nedovic                 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

Jakub Parzenski                    PGB Basket (Poland)

Sertac Sanli                          Galatasaray (Turkey)

 

Following is a list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who remain early entry candidates for the 2012 NBA Draft:

 

PLAYER                            SCHOOL

Erik Austin                         Jackson CC (MI)

Harrison Barnes                North Carolina

Will Barton                        Memphis

Bradley Beal                      Florida

J’Covan Brown                  Texas

Dominic Cheek                  Villanova

Jared Cunningham            Oregon State

Anthony Davis                  Kentucky

Andre Drummond             Connecticut

Dominique Ferguson        Florida International

Justin Hamilton                 LSU

Moe Harkless                     St. John’s

John Henson                      North Carolina

John Jenkins                      Vanderbilt

Perry Jones III                    Baylor

Terrence Jones                  Kentucky

Xavier Jones                      Missouri State-West Plains

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist    Kentucky

Doron Lamb                       Kentucky

Jeremy Lamb                     Connecticut

Meyers Leonard                Illinois

Damian Lillard                  Weber State

Kendall Marshall              North Carolina

Fab Melo                            Syracuse

Khris Middleton                Texas A&M

Quincy Miller                    Baylor

Tony Mitchell                    Alabama

Arnett Moultrie                 Mississippi State

Reeves Nelson                   UCLA/Zalgiris (Lithuania)

Austin Rivers                     Duke

Peter Roberson                  Grambling State

Quincy Roberts                 Grambling State

Thomas Robinson             Kansas

Terrence Ross                    Washington

Avery Scharer                    Shoreline CC (WA)

Renardo Sidney                 Mississippi State

Jonathon Simmons            Houston

Terrell Stoglin                    Maryland

Gerardo Suero                   Albany

Jared Sullinger                   Ohio State

Marquis Teague                 Kentucky

Joston Thomas                   Hawaii

Hollis Thompson               Georgetown

Richard Townsend-Gant Vancouver Island University

Dion Waiters                      Syracuse

Maalik Wayns                   Villanova

Royce White                      Iowa State

D’Angelo Williams           Notre Dame de Namur (CA)

Tony Wroten                      Washington

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the 2012 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                           TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Furkan Aldemir                  Galatasaray (Turkey)

Evan Fournier                     Poitiers (France)

Josep Franch                       Murcia (Spain)

Alen Omic                          Zlatorog (Slovenia)

Tomas Satoransky               Cajasol (Spain)

Tornike Shengelia               Spirou (Belgium)

Mathieu Wojciechowski      Gravelines (France)

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality