NBA Draft 2011: 41 Early Entry Candidates Withdraw From Draft

With 41 of the underclassmen who previously declared for the 2011 NBA Draft now withdrawing their names, only 42 early entry collegiate and 6 international prospects remain as draft candidates.

Below is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the June 23, 2011, NBA Draft:

PLAYERS FROM U.S. COLLEGES & INSTITUTIONS

Olu Ashaolu -- Louisiana Tech
Keion Bell -- Pepperdine
Jacob Blankenship -- Southeastern (FL)
Laurence Bowers -- Missouri
TyShwan Edmondson -- Austin Peay
Kim English -- Missouri
Ashton Gibbs -- Pittsburgh
Troy Gillenwater -- New Mexico State
Desmond Holloway -- Coastal Carolina
Terrell Holloway -- Xavier
Orlando Johnson -- UC-Santa Barbara
Reggie Johnson -- Miami
Tiondre Johnson -- Coastal Bend JC (TX)
Kevin Jones -- West Virginia
Terrence Jones -- Kentucky
David Loubeau -- Texas A&M
Greg Mangano -- Yale
Cameron Moore -- Alabama-Birmingham
Darrion Pellum -- Hampton
J.P. Primm -- North Carolina-Asheville
Ralph Sampson III -- Minnesota
John Shurna -- Northwestern
Tony Taylor -- George Washington
Hollis Thompson -- Georgetown
Thomas Tibbs Jr. -- Staten Island
Charlie Westbrook -- South Dakota
Brandon Wood -- Valparaiso


Below is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2011 NBA Draft:

INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

Andrew Albicy -- Paris-Levallois (France)
Furkan Aldemir -- Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Nihad Djedovic -- Lottomatica Roma (Italy)
Emmanouil Koukoulas -- Ilysiakos (Greece)
Joffrey Lauvergne -- Chalon (France)
Abdoulaye Loum -- Le Havre (France)
Lucas Riva Nogueira -- Estudiantes II (Spain)
Femi Oladipo -- Crailsheim (Germany)
Leon Radosevic -- Cibona (Croatia)
Negueba Samake -- Rouen (France)
Tornike Shengelia -- Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium)
Abdel Kader Sylla -- Nancy (France)
Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann -- Telekom (Germany)
Tomislav Zubcic -- Cibona (Croatia)


The following list is of those early entry players remaining in the 2011 NBA Draft:

PLAYERS FROM U.S. COLLEGES & INSTITUTIONS STILL IN DRAFT

Alec Burks -- Colorado
DeAngelo Casto -- Washington State
Roscoe Davis -- Midland JC (TX)
Mamadou Diarra -- Chaminade (HI)
Jeremy Green -- Stanford
Jordan Hamilton -- Texas
Tobias Harris -- Tennessee
Tyler Honeycutt -- UCLA
Scotty Hopson -- Tennessee
Kyrie Irving -- Duke
Reggie Jackson -- Boston College
Terrence Jennings -- Louisville
Cory Joseph -- Texas
Enes Kanter -- Kentucky
Ryan Kelley -- Colorado
Dan Kelm -- Viterbo (WI)
Brandon Knight -- Kentucky
Malcolm Lee -- UCLA
Kawhi Leonard -- San Diego State
Travis Leslie -- Georgia
DeAndre Liggins -- Kentucky
Shelvin Mack -- Butler
Keishawn Mayes -- Campbell
Darius Morris -- Michigan
Marcus Morris -- Kansas
Markieff Morris -- Kansas
Willie Reed -- St. Louis
Jereme Richmond -- Illinois
Carleton Scott -- Notre Dame
Josh Selby -- Kansas
Iman Shumpert -- Georgia Tech
Chris Singleton -- Florida State
Greg Smith -- Fresno State
Isaiah Thomas -- Washington
Trey Thompkins -- Georgia
Klay Thompson -- Washington State
Tristan Thompson -- Texas
Nikola Vucevic -- Southern California
Kemba Walker -- Connecticut
Antoine Watson -- Florida International
Derrick Williams -- Arizona
Jordan Williams -- Maryland

INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS STILL IN DRAFT

Davis Bertans -- Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
Bismack Biyombo -- Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Nikola Mirotic -- Real Madrid (Spain)
Donatas Motiejunas -- Benetton Treviso (Italy)
Jonas Valanciunas -- Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Jan Vesely -- Partizan (Serbia)

NOTE: Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality

By Staff of TheDailySportsHerald.com