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Early Entry Candidates For 2015 NBA Draft

NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association announced today that 91 players - 48 players from colleges/post-graduate institutions and 43 international players - have filed as early entry candidates for the 2015 NBA Draft presented by State Farm.

Players wishing to enter the 2015 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 26. 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 15.

Following is the list of players from colleges and post-graduate institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2015 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 25.

PLAYER, SCHOOL

Cliff Alexander, Kansas Justin Anderson, Virginia Brandon Ashley, Arizona Devin Booker, Kentucky Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky Sam Dekker, Wisconsin Michael Frazier II, Florida Olivier Hanlan, Boston College Montrezl Harrell, Louisville Aaron Harrison, Kentucky Andrew Harrison, Kentucky Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona R.J. Hunter, Georgia State Vince Hunter, UTEP Charles Jackson, Tennessee Tech Dakari Johnson, Kentucky Stanley Johnson, Arizona Tyus Jones, Duke Trevor Lacey, North Carolina State Kevon Looney, UCLA Trey Lyles, Kentucky Jarell Martin, LSU Chris McCullough, Syracuse Jordan Mickey, LSU Jahlil Okafor, Duke Kelly Oubre, Kansas Ashton Pankey, Manhattan Cameron Payne, Murray State Terran Petteway, Nebraska Walter Pitchford, Nebraska Bobby Portis, Arkansas Michael Qualls, Arkansas Terry Rozier, Louisville D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State Satnam Singh, IMG Academy Jherrod Stiggers, Houston Deonta Stocks, West Georgia Aaron Thomas, Florida State J.P. Tokoto, North Carolina Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky Myles Turner, Texas Robert Upshaw, Washington Rashad Vaughn, UNLV Chris Walker, Florida Justise Winslow, Duke Christian Wood, UNLV

The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2015 NBA Draft:

PLAYER, TEAM (TEAM COUNTRY)

Alberto Abalde, Joventut (Spain) Dimitrios Agravanis, Olympiacos (Greece) Wael Arakji, Al Riyadi (Lebanon) Eleftherios Bochoridis, Panathinaikos (Greece) Beka Burjanadze, Coruna (Spain) Nedim Buza, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia) Alexandre Chassang, ASVEL (France) George de Paula, Pinheiros (Brazil) Andrey Desyatnikov, Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) Moussa Diagne, Fuenlabrada (Spain) Lucas Dias Silva, Pinheiros (Brazil) Ognjen Dobric, FMP Beograd (Serbia) Simone Fontecchio, Granarolo (Italy) Danilo Fuzaro, Minas (Brazil) Marc Garcia, Manresa (Spain) Humberto Gomes, Pinheiros (Brazil) Kevin Harley, Poitiers (France) Guillermo Hernangomez, Sevilla (Spain) Juan Alberto Hernangomez, Estudiantes (Spain) Mario Hezonja, Barcelona (Spain) Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Nanterre (France) Alpha Kaba, Pau Orthez (France) Vladislav Korenyuk, Dnipro (Ukraine) Dusan Kutlesic, Metalac (Serbia) Jonghyun Lee, Korea University (Korea) Timothe Luwawu, Antibes (France) Nikola Milutinov, Partizan (Serbia) Aleksej Nikolic, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia) Cedi Osman, Anadolu Efes (Turkey) Miroslav Pasajlic, Uzice (Serbia) Anzejs Pasecniks, VEF Riga (Latvia) Oriol Pauli, Gran Canaria (Spain) Kristaps Porzingis, Sevilla (Spain) Nikola Radicevic, Sevilla (Spain) Djoko Salic, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia) Marko Tejic, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) Juan Pablo Vaulet, Bahia Basket (Argentina) Aleksandar Vezenkov, Aris (Greece) Adin Vrabac, Trier (Germany) Rade Zagorac, Mega Leks (Serbia) Sergiy Zagreba, Dnipro (Ukraine) Alexandr Zhigulin, Penas Huesca (Spain) Paul Zipser, Bayern Munich (Germany)