NEW YORK – Eighteen players who had declared as early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft have withdrawn. There are 45 collegiate and 15 international prospects that remain early entry candidates.

The 2013 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The following players from U.S. colleges and post-graduate institutions have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2013 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                        SCHOOL

Norvel Pelle                                   Los Angeles College Preparatory Academy

Joshua Simmons                            Spartanburg Methodist (JC)

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2013 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                                TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Francois Affia Ambadiang                        Geoplin Slovan (Slovenia)

Nemanja Besovic                           Partizan (Serbia)

Bogdan Bogdanovic                      Partizan (Serbia)

Matias Bortolin                              Arkadia (Austria)

Linos Chrysikopoulos                    PAOK (Greece)

Dorde Drenovac                            Biancoblu (Italy)

Viktor Gaddefors                           Oknoplast Bologna (Italy)

Mouhammadou Jaiteh                   Boulogne (France)

Louis Labeyrie                               Paris-Levallois (France)

Philipp Neumann                           Brose Baskets (Germany)

Artem Pustovyi                              Khimik (Ukraine)

Marko Ramljak                              Zadar (Croatia)

Dario Saric                                     Cibona (Croatia)

Walter Tavares                               Gran Canaria (Spain)

Axel Toupane                                Strasbourg (France)

Adin Vrabac                                  Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)

Following is a list of players from U.S. colleges who remain early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                  SCHOOL

Steven Adams                          Pittsburgh

C.J. Aiken                                St. Joseph’s

Anthony Bennett                     UNLV

Vander Blue                            Marquette

Lorenzo Brown                        North Carolina State

Reggie Bullock                        North Carolina

Trey Burke                              Michigan

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope       Georgia

Michael Carter-Williams          Syracuse

Adrien Coleman                       Bethune-Cookman

Allen Crabbe                           California

Dewayne Dedmon                   Southern California

Gorgui Dieng                           Louisville

Jamaal Franklin                       San Diego State

Keyondrei “Kiwi” Gardner     Midland College (Texas) (JC)

Archie Goodwin                      Kentucky

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                                North Carolina 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

Otto Porter Jr.                          Georgetown

Marshawn Powell                    Arkansas

Phil Pressey                             Missouri

Andre Roberson                      Colorado

Trevis Simpson                        North Carolina-Greensboro

Tony Snell                               New Mexico

Tahj Tate                                 Delaware State

John Taylor                             Fresno Pacific

Adonis Thomas                       Memphis

Deshaun Thomas                     Ohio State

B.J. Young                               Arkansas

Cody Zeller                               Indiana

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                 TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Alejandro Abrines                   Barcelona (Spain)

Giannis Antetokounmpo          Filathlitikos (Greece)

Laszlo Dobos                           Zaragoza (Spain)

Rudy Gobert                            Cholet (France)

Livio Jean-Charles                   ASVEL (France)

Sergey Karasev                        Triumph (Russia)

Raul Neto                                Lagun Aro GBC (Spain)

Lucas Riva Nogueira               Estudiantes (Spain)

Alexandre Paranhos                 Flamengo (Brazil)

Bogdan Radosavljevic             Bayern Muenchen (Germany)

Dennis Schroeder                    New Yorker Phantoms (Germany)

Strahinja Stojacic                     Smederevo (Serbia)

Daniel Theis                            ratiopharm (Germany)

Janis Timma                            Ventspils (Latvia)

Marko Todorovic                     Barcelona (Spain)

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality