Official Early Entry List into the 2008 NBA Draft

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OFFICIAL EARLY ENTRY LIST
May 01, 2008 | 10:45AM | report this Here is the list of Early Entry Candidates. There were a few surprises - such as Alabama's Alonzo Gee, former Kansas State 7-foot castoff Jason Bennett, the UAB Duo of Walter Sharpe and Reggie Huffman and a pair of mid-major guards - Bruce Price of Tennessee State and Courtney Pigram of East Tennessee State.

Players have until 5 p.m. ET on June 16 to withdraw.

A. On the basis of letters received prior to midnight April 27, 2008, the following basketball players from the listed U.S. colleges and post-graduate institutions have applied as “early entry” players to be eligible for selection in the 2008 NBA Draft:

A.J. Abrams, Texas
Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton
Joe Alexander, West Virginia
Antonio Anderson, Memphis
Ryan Anderson, Cal
Darrell Arthur, Kansas
D.J. Augustin, Texas
Derek Bailey, Providence Christian Academy (KS)
Jerryd Bayless, Arizona
Michael Beasley, Kansas State
Jason Bennett, Tallahasee CC (FL)
Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsborough CC (FL)
Chase Budinger, Arizona
Derrick Caracter, Louisville
DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
Charles Carter, Oklahoma Baptist
Josh Carter, Texas A&M
Mario Chalmers, Kansas
Lee Cummard, BYU
Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis
Robert Dozier, Memphis
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Alonzo Gee, Alabama
C.J. Giles, Oregon State
Eric Gordon, Indiana
Jamont Gordon, Mississippi State
Paul Graham II, Florida Atlantic
Danny Green, North Carolina
Donte Green, Syracuse
Kalen Grimes, Missouri
Richard Hendrix, Alabama
J.J. Hickson, N.C. State
George Hill, IUPUI
Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin
Reggie Huffman, UAB
Stefon Jackson, UTEP
Shawn James, Duquesne
Davon Jefferson, USC
DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M
Kosta Koufos, Ohio State
Ty Lawson, North Carolina
Brook Lopez, Stanford
Robin Lopez, Stanford
Kevin Love, UCLA
Leo Lyons, Missouri
O.J. Mayo, USC
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA
JaVale McGee, Nevada
Jerel McNeal, Marquette
Kojo Mensah, Duquesne
Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga
Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State
Trent Plaisted, BYU
Bruce Price, Tennessee State
Anthony Randolph, LSU
John Riek, Winchendon School (MA)
Derrick Rose, Memphis
Brandon Rush, Kansas
Walter Sharpe, UAB
Josh Shipp, UCLA
Kiwan Smith, Redlands CC (OK)
Marreese Speights, Florida
Ronald Steele, Alabama
Robert Vaden, UAB
Lorrenzo Wade, San Diego State
Bill Walker, Kansas State
Gordon Watt, Houston Baptist
Russell Westbrook, UCLA
Raymond Wright, Arkansas-Monticello



On the basis of letters received prior to midnight April 27, 2008, the following international basketball players have applied as “early entry” players to be eligible for selection in the 2008 NBA Draft:





Alexis Ajinca Hyeres-Toulon (France)
Nicolas Batum, Le Mans (France)
Rodrigue Beaubois Cholet, France)
Mikheil Berishvil, BC Vita (Georgia)
Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (Israel)
Victor Claver, Pemesa Valencia (Spain)
Nando de Colo, Cholet (France)
Danilo Gallinari, Armani Jeans Milano (Italy)
Serge Ibaka, L'Hospitalet (Spain)
Sergey Ilin, Budivelnik (Ukraine)
Koe Ingles, Melbourne South Dragons (Australia)
Jonas Jerebko, Biella (Italy)
Mladen Jeremic, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia)
Maxym Korniyenko, Dnipro (Ukraine)
Luc Louves, Orleans (France)
Rudy Mbemba, Solna (Sweden)
Henk Norel, Alicante (Spain)
Maxim Sheleketo, VEF Riga (Latvia)
Giorgi Shermadini, Maccabi Tbilisi (Georgia)
Ante Tomic, Zagreb (Croatia)
Maksym Vilkhovetskyi, Dnipro, (Ukraine)
Ronald Zakis, VEF Riga (Latvia)

We have received information that the following players may either have signed professional basketball contracts with teams in leagues other than the NBA or otherwise exhausted their NCAA Division I basketball eligibility. If this information is correct, these players would also be eligible for selection in the 2008 NBA Draft. Because this information has not been verified, however, teams should do their own due diligence (as with any other draft selection) and call the League Office before picking any of these players in the 2008 NBA Draft.


Angel Alamo Sacramento State/Caguas (Puerto Rico)
Sadell Ayala, Iowa Western, Humacao (Puerto Rico)
Takais Brown, Georgia/Torpan Pojat (Finland)
Sasha Cuic, Oregon State/AEL (Cyprus)
James Davis, Lamar/Saitama Broncos (Japan)
Rockminn Dillard, Grand Rapids CC/Grand Rapids (IBL)
Viktor Dubovitskiy, Chipola JC/Lok Novos (Russia)
Tom Garlepp, UC Santa Barbara/Perth (Australia)
Jaaron ******, George Washington, Corning (ABA)
Jerome Habel, San Diego State/San Diego (ABA)
Tearon Hill, Western Nebraska CC/Texas (ABA)
Nathan Jawai, Midland CC/Cairns (Australia)
Bart Jillisen, Carl Albert JC/West Brabant (Netherlands)
Jadranko JusuBLEEPic Gulf Coast CC/Zenica Celik (Bosnia)
Antonio Kellogg San Francisco/Polpharma (Poland)
Ryan Kersten New Mexico/New Zealand (Australia)
Robert Krabbendam Virginia Tech/Amsterdam (Holland)
Jorge Lebron Hofstra/Ponce (Puerto Rico)
Josh Love Hill JC/West Texas (ABA)
Damian Martin Loyola Marymount/West Sydney (Australia)
Gal Mekel Wichita State/Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (Israel)
Sammy Monroe Newberry/Austin (D-League)
Raed Mostafa Western Kentucky/Horsens (Denmark)
Curtis Muse Mineral Area CC/Silute (Lithuania)
Geoff Payne Southern Utah
Jermain Raffington Southeastern Iowa CC/Chemnitz (Germany)
Mike Taylor Iowa State/Idaho (D-League)
James Tyler Patterson School-NC/Elkhart (IBL)
Aleksandar Ugrinoski Arkadia (Austria)/Utah (D-League)
Jari Vanttaja Baylor/Componenta (Finland)
Fabricio Vay Akasvayu Vic (Spain)/Iowa (D-League)
Damiano Verri New Mexico JC/Basket Trapani (Italy)
Stephen Weigh Utah/Rockhampton (Australia)
Isaac Wells Arkansas State/Indesit Fabriano (Italy)
Devino Williams Palm Beach CC/Halifax (ABA)


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[FrankieGotti]

good post, dirty thanks.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Dirty,

Is there a list of those who have not signed with agents?