The college season is over for all but a few of the top American early-entry candidates for the NBA draft, leaving most of them to face decisions about whether to turn pro or return to school. Some of them have already begun to make their intentions known, and more will surely follow, along with early entrants from overseas, as the draft approaches.
We already passed along the key dates for early entrants, with the most important deadlines falling on April 12th, when underclassmen must withdraw from the draft to retain eligibility, April 26th, the final day for all early-entry candidates to declare for the draft, and June 15th, the last day non-college prospects can withdraw.
The NBA’s official list of early entrants won’t come out until after April 26th, but until then, we’ll use this post to keep track of reports on prospects and their decisions. We’ll archive them all in a running list here, which will be accessible anytime under “Hoops Rumors Features” on the right sidebar.
The players below are in alphabetical order. For an idea of how they stack up against one another, check out the lists of the top prospects on DraftExpress and ESPN.com, as well as the Hoops Rumors Draft Prospect Power Rankings. If you have any corrections or omissions, please contact us.
- Dimitrios Agravanis, PF, Greece
- Cliff Alexander, F/C, Kansas (Freshman)
- Justin Anderson, SF, Virginia (Junior)
- Wael Arakji, PG, Lebanon
- Brandon Ashley, PF, Arizona (Junior)
- Devin Booker, SG, Kentucky (Freshman)
- Beka Burjanadze, F, Georgia
- Nedim Buza, SF, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Kentucky (Junior)
- Sam Dekker, SF, Wisconsin (Junior)
- Andrey Desyatnikov, C, Russia
- Moussa Diagne, C, Senegal
- Lucas Dias, F, Brazil
- Simone Fontecchio, SF, Italy
- Michael Frazier, SG, Florida (Junior)
- Marc Garcia, SG, Spain
- Olivier Hanlan, G, Boston College (Junior)
- Kévin Harley, G/F, France
- Montrezl Harrell, PF, Louisville (Junior)
- Aaron Harrison, SG, Kentucky (Sophomore)
- Andrew Harrison, G, Kentucky (Sophomore)
- Tyler Harvey, SG, Eastern Washington (Junior)
- Guillermo Hernangomez, C, Spain
- Mario Hezonja, SG, Croatia
- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, SF, Arizona (Sophomore)
- Vince Hunter, PF, UTEP (Sophomore)
- R.J. Hunter, SG, Georgia State (Junior)
- Charles Jackson, C, Tennessee Tech (Junior)
- Mouhammadou Jaiteh, F/C, France
- Dakari Johnson, C, Kentucky (Sophomore)
- Stanley Johnson, SF, Arizona (Freshman)
- Tyus Jones, PG, Duke (Freshman)
- Alpha Kaba, F/C, France
- Trevor Lacey, SG, N.C. State (Junior)
- Jong-Hyun Lee, F/C, South Korea
- Kevon Looney, PF, UCLA (Freshman)
- George Lucas, PG, Brazil
- Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, SG, France
- Trey Lyles, PF, Kentucky (Freshman)
- Chris McCullough, PF, Syracuse (Freshman)
- Jarell Martin, PF, LSU (Sophomore)
- Jordan Mickey, PF, LSU (Sophomore)
- Nikola Milutinov, C, Serbia
- Jahlil Okafor, C, Duke (Freshman)
- Cedi Osman, SF, Macedonia
- Kelly Oubre, SF, Kansas (Freshman)
- Ashton Pankey, F, Manhattan (Junior)
- Miroslav Pasajlic, PG, Serbia
- Oriol Pauli, SF, Spain
- Cameron Payne, PG, Murray State (Sophomore)
- Terran Petteway, SG, Nebraska (Junior)
- Walter Pitchford, C, Nebraska (Junior)
- Bobby Portis, PF, Arkansas (Sophomore)
- Kristaps Porzingis, PF, Latvia
- Michael Qualls, SG, Arkansas (Junior)
- Nikola Radicevic, PG, Serbia
- Terry Rozier, G, Louisville (Sophomore)
- D’Angelo Russell, G, Ohio State (Freshman)
- Jherrod Stiggers, G, Houston (Junior)
- J.P. Tokoto, SG, North Carolina (Junior)
- Karl-Anthony Towns, C/F, Kentucky (Freshman)
- Aaron Thomas, SG, Florida State (Junior)
- Myles Turner, C, Texas (Freshman)
- Rashad Vaughn, SG, UNLV (Freshman)
- Alexsandar Vezenkov, SF, Bulgaria/Cyprus
- Adin Vrabac, SF, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chris Walker, PF, Florida (Sophomore)
- Justise Winslow, SF, Duke (Freshman)
- Christian Wood, PF, UNLV (Sophomore)
- Rade Zagorac, SF, Serbia
- Paul Zipser, F, Germany
The following players are top early-entry candidates who have decided to return to college. This doesn’t encompass every underclassman who’s decided to keep playing in school, but rather those whom either DraftExpress or ESPN.com listed as among the top 60 prospects when they made their respective decisions to return.
- Grayson Allen, SG, Duke (Freshman)
- Ron Baker, SG, Wichita State (Junior)
- Petr Cornelie, PF France
- Kris Dunn, PG, Providence (Sophomore)
- A.J. Hammons, C, Purdue (Junior)
- Buddy Hield, SG, Oklahoma (Junior)
- Demetrius Jackson, PG, Notre Dame (Sophomore)
- Justin Jackson, SF, North Carolina (Freshman)
- Brice Johnson, PF, North Carolina (Junior)
- Damian Jones, C/F, Vanderbilt (Sophomore)
- Jake Layman, SF, Maryland (Junior)
- Caris LeVert, G/F, Michigan (Junior)
- Shawn Long, C, Louisiana-Lafayette (Junior)
- Andzejs Pasecniks, C, Latvia
- Gary Payton II, PG, Oregon State (Junior)
- Jakob Poeltl, C, Utah (Freshman)
- Malik Pope, SF, San Diego State (Freshman)
- Domantas Sabonis, PF, Gonzaga (Freshman)
- Isaiah Taylor, PG, Texas (Sophomore)
- Melo Trimble, PG, Maryland (Freshman)
- Tyler Ulis, PG, Kentucky (Freshman)
- Tyrone Wallace, G, California (Junior)
- Troy Williams, SF, Indiana (Sophomore)
Note: Neither of these lists take into account seniors or overseas players who turn 22 in 2015, since they’re automatically draft-eligible. That also applies to Emmanuel Mudiay, who automatically entered the draft when he played professionally in China prior to January 1st this year.