NBA 2013 Draft early entry candidates announced

The NBA announced that 77 players have filed as early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft, including such NCAA stars as UNLV's Anthony Bennett, UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad, and Michigan's Trey Burke. Of those 77 players, 46 are from U.S. colleges and 31 are international players.

Early entry candidates have the right to withdraw their names by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5 p.m. ET on Monday, June 17.  The Draft will be held on June 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Here is the list of 2013 early entry candidates:

Steven Adams - Pittsburgh, 7-0, Freshman      
C.J. Aiken - St. Joseph’s, 6-9, Junior
Anthony Bennett - UNLV, 6-8, Freshman
Vander Blue - Marquette, 6-4, Junior
Lorenzo Brown - North Carolina State, 6-5, Junior
Reggie Bullock - North Carolina, 6-7, Junior
Trey Burke - Michigan, 6-0, Sophomore
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - Georgia, 6-5, Sophomore
Michael Carter-Williams - Syracuse, 6-5, Sophomore
Adrien Coleman - Bethune-Cookman, 6-5, Junior
Allen Crabbe - California, 6-6, Junior
Dewayne Dedmon - Southern California, 7-0, Junior
Gorgui Dieng - Louisville, 6-11, Junior
Jamaal Franklin - San Diego State, 6-5, Junior
Archie Goodwin - Kentucky, 6-4, Freshman      
Tim Hardaway Jr. - Michigan, 6-6, Junior
Grant Jerrett - Arizona, 6-10, Freshman
Christian Kabongo - New Mexico State, 6-4, Sophomore
Myck Kabongo - Texas, 6-1, Sophomore
Shane Larkin - Miami, 5-11, Sophomore
Ricky Ledo - Providence, 6-7, Freshman
Alex Len - Maryland, 7-1, Sophomore
C.J. Leslie - North Carolina State, 6-9, Junior
Nurideen Lindsey - Rider, 6-3, Junior
Amath M’Baye - Oklahoma, 6-9, Junior
Ray McCallum - Detroit, 6-3, Junior
Ben McLemore - Kansas, 6-5, Freshman      
Tony Mitchell - North Texas, 6-8, Sophomore    
Shabazz Muhammad - UCLA, 6-6, Freshman
Nerlens Noel - Kentucky, 6-10, Freshman
Victor Oladipo - Indiana, 6-5, Junior
Kelly Olynyk - Gonzaga, 7-0, Junior
Norvel Pelle - Los Angeles College Prep. Acad., 6-9, Post-Graduate
Otto Porter Jr. - Georgetown, 6-8, Sophomore
Marshawn Powell - Arkansas, 6-7, Junior
Phil Pressey - Missouri, 5-11, Junior
Andre Roberson - Colorado, 6-7, Junior
Joshua Simmons - Spartanburg Methodist (JC), 6-4,  Freshman
Trevis Simpson - North Carolina-Greensboro, 6-4, Junior
Tony Snell - New Mexico, 6-7, Junior
Tahj Tate - Delaware State, 6-4, Sophomore
John Taylor - Fresno Pacific, 6-1, Junior
Adonis Thomas - Memphis, 6-7, Sophomore    
Deshaun Thomas - Ohio State, 6-7, Junior
B.J. Young - Arkansas, 6-3, Sophomore
Cody Zeller - Indiana, 6-11, Sophomore


The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2013 NBA Draft:

Alejandro Abrines - Barcelona (Spain)
Giannis Adetokunbo - Filathlitikos (Greece)
Francois Affia Ambadiang - Geoplin Slovan (Slovenia)
Nemanja Besovic - Partizan (Serbia)
Bogdan Bogdanovic - Partizan (Serbia)
Matias Bortolin - Arkadia (Austria)
Linos Chrysikopoulos - PAOK (Greece)
Laszlo Dobos - Zaragoza (Spain)
Dorde Drenovac - Biancoblu (Italy)  
Viktor Gaddefors - Oknoplast Bologna (Italy)
Rudy Gobert - Cholet (France)
Mouhammadou Jaiteh - Boulogne (France)
Livio Jean-Charles - ASVEL (France)
Sergey Karasev - Triumph (Russia)
Louis Labeyrie - Paris-Levallois (France)
Raul Neto - Lagun Aro GBC (Spain)
Philipp Neumann - Brose Baskets (Germany)
Lucas Riva Nogueira - Estudiantes (Spain)
Alexandre Paranhos - Flamengo (Brazil)  
Artem Pustovyi - Khimik (Ukraine)
Bogdan Radosavljevic - Bayern Muenchen (Germany)
Marko Ramljak - Zadar (Croatia)
Dario Saric - Cibona (Croatia)
Dennis Schroder - New Yorker Phantoms (Germany)  
Strahinja Stojacic - Smederevo (Serbia)
Walter Tavares - Gran Canaria (Spain)
Daniel Theis - Ratiopharm (Germany)
Janis Timma - Ventspils (Latvia)
Marko Todorovic - Barcelona (Spain)    
Axel Toupane - Strasbourg (France)
Adin Vrabac - Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)

By Staff of The Daily Sports Herald and news services