Thirty-three international early entry candidates withdraw from 2016 NBA Draft

NEW YORK, June 14, 2016 – Thirty-three international players who had declared as early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm® have withdrawn. There are 60 collegiate and 13 international prospects who remain early entry candidates.

The NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm will be held on Thursday, June 23 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

PLAYER                                               TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Marko Arapovic                                     Cedevita (Croatia)
Ege Arar                                                 Galatasaray (Turkey)
Edin Atic                                                Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)
Romaric Belemene                                 Clinicas Rincon (Spain)
Metecan Birsen                                      Istanbul BSB (Turkey)
Axel Bouteille                                        Chalon (France)
Ilimane Diop                                          Laboral Kutxa (Spain)
Youssoupha Fall                                    Le Mans (France)
Diego Flaccadori                                    Trento (Italy)
Michael Fusek                                        Spirou (Belgium)
Marko Guduric                                       Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Egemen Guven                                      Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Ludvig Hakanson                                   Sevilla (Spain)
Ognjen Jaramaz                                     Mega Leks (Serbia)
Alpha Kaba                                            Mega Leks (Serbia)
Vincent Kesteloot                                  Aalstar (Belgium)
Emircan Kosut                                       Efes (Turkey)
Mathias Lessort                                      Chalon (France)
Luc Loubaki                                          Orleans (France)
Blaz Mesicek                                          Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
Aleksej Nikolic                                       Brose Baskets (Germany)
Adam Pechacek                                      Koszalin (Poland)
Petar Rakicevic                                      Metalac (Serbia)
Martynas Sajus                                      Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Jordan Sakho                                         Torrelodones (Spain)
Wesley Sena                                          Bauru (Brazil)
Kenan Sipahi                                         Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Nik Slavica                                            Cibona (Croatia)
Rolands Smits                                        Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Emir Sulejmanovic                                 Barcelona (Spain)
Berk Ugurlu                                           Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Alexander Vezenkov                              Barcelona (Spain)
Santiago Yusta                                       Obradoiro (Spain)

Following is a list of players from colleges and post-graduate institutions who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

PLAYER                                               SCHOOL

Rosco Allen                                            Stanford
Tony Anderson                                      Southeast Missouri State
Brandon Austin                                     Northwest Florida State
Wade Baldwin IV                                   Vanderbilt
Anthony “Cat” Barber                            North Carolina State
Malik Beasley                                        Florida State
DeAndre Bembry                                   St. Joseph’s
Ben Bentil                                             Providence
Jaylen Brown                                         California
Lamous Brown                                      Utah State U-Eastern (CC)
Kareem Canty                                        Auburn
Robert Carter Jr.                                     Maryland
Marquese Chriss                                     Washington
Deyonta Davis                                       Michigan State
Cheick Diallo                                         Kansas
Kris Dunn                                              Providence
Henry Ellenson                                      Marquette
Kay Felder                                             Oakland
Brannen Greene                                     Kansas
Daniel Hamilton                                    Connecticut
Cedric Happi Noube                               Virginia Union
Jordan Hare                                            Rhode Island
Brandon Ingram                                     Duke
Demetrius Jackson                                 Notre Dame
Julian Jacobs                                          USC
Stefan Jankovic                                      Hawaii
Anthony January                                   Cal State-San Bernardino
Damian Jones                                        Vanderbilt
Derrick Jones Jr.                                     UNLV
Nikola Jovanovic                                    USC
Skal Labissiere                                       Kentucky
Jermaine Lawrence                                 Manhattan
Thon Maker                                           Orangeville Prep/Athlete Institute
Emmanuel Malou                                  Yuba CC (CA)
Patrick McCaw                                       UNLV
Zak McLaughlin                                    Gadsden State CC (AL)
Dejounte Murray                                    Washington
Jamal Murray                                         Kentucky
Mamadou Ndiaye                                   UC-Irvine
Chris Obekpa                                         St. John’s
Goodluck Okonoboh                              UNLV
Chinanu Onuaku                                   Louisville
Jakob Poeltl                                           Utah
Tim Quarterman                                    LSU
Jalen Reynolds                                       Xavier
Malachi Richardson                                Syracuse
Domantas Sabonis                                  Gonzaga
Wayne Selden Jr.                                   Kansas
Ingrid Sewa                                            Arizona Western College (CC)
Pascal Siakam                                        New Mexico State
Ben Simmons                                        LSU
Diamond Stone                                      Maryland
Isaiah Taylor                                          Texas
Tyler Ulis                                               Kentucky
Aaron Valdes                                         Hawaii
James Webb III                                      Boise State
Isaiah Whitehead                                   Seton Hall
Devin Williams                                      West Virginia
Troy Williams                                        Indiana
Stephen Zimmerman                              UNLV

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

PLAYER                                               TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Gracin Bakumanya                                 Antibes (France)
Dragan Bender                                       Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Isaia Cordinier                                        Denain (France)
Petr Cornelie                                          Le Mans (France)
Juancho Hernangomez                           Estudiantes (Spain)
Furkan Korkmaz                                    Efes (Turkey)
Timothe Luwawu                                   Mega Leks (Serbia)
Georgios Papagiannis                             Panathinaikos (Greece)
Zhou Qi                                                    Xinjiang (China)
Guerschon Yabusele                               Rouen (France)
Rade Zagorac                                         Mega Leks (Serbia)
Ante Zizic                                              Cibona (Croatia)
Ivica Zubac                                            Mega Leks (Serbia)

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of player’s nationality