The first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs is still wrapping up but many are already talking about the 2015 NBA Draft to be held on June 25.
NBA.com notes that a list of early entry candidates was announced by the league on April 28, 2015. A total of 91 players, 48 of which comes from colleges and post-graduate institutions and 43 from international venues, already filed as early entry candidates for the 2015 NBA Draft, supported by State Farm.
Individuals who intended to join the 2015 NBA Draft were asked to submit a letter to the league. The NBA should have received their letters by April 26. On the other hand, players who filed for early entry may withdraw their names until 5 p.m. ET on June 15, by forwarding their written decision to the NBA.
CSNBayArea reports that five Pac-12 players filed as early entry candidates for the 2015 draft.
The early entry candidates from U.S. colleges and post-graduate institutions are as follows (via NBA.com) :
1. Cliff Alexander
2. Justin Anderson
3. Brandon Ashley
4. Devin Booker
5. Willie Cauley-Stein
6. Sam Dekker
7. Michael Frazier II
8. Olivier Hanlan
9. Montrezl Harrell
10. Aaron Harrison
11. Andrew Harrison
12. Tyler Harvey
13. Jerome Hill
14. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
15. R.J. Hunter
16. Vince Hunter
17. Charles Jackson
18. Dakari Johnson
19. Stanley Johnson
20. Tyus Jones
21. Trevor Lacey
22. Kevon Looney
23. Trey Lyles
24. Jarell Martin
25. Chris McCullough
26. Jordan Mickey
27. Jahlil Okafor
28. Kelly Oubre
29. Ashton Pankey
30. Cameron Payne
31. Terran Petteway
32. Walter Pitchford
33. Bobby Portis
34. Michael Qualls
35. Terry Rozier
36. D'Angelo Russell
37. Satnam Singh
38. Jherrod Stiggers
39. Deonta Stocks
40. Aaron Thomas
41. J.P. Tokoto
42. Karl-Anthony Towns
43. Myles Turner
44. Robert Upshaw
45. Rashad Vaughn
46. Chris Walker
47. Justise Winslow
48. Christian Wood
The international candidates are as follows:
1. Alberto Abalde
2. Dimitrios Agravanis
3. Wael Arakji
4. Eleftherios Bochoridis
5. Beka Burjanadze
6. Nedim Buza
7. Alexandre Chassang
8. George de Paula
9. Andrey Desyatnikov
10. Moussa Diagne
11. Lucas Dias Silva
12. Ognjen Dobric
13. Simone Fontecchio
14. Danilo Fuzaro
15. Marc Garcia
16. Humberto Gomes
17. Kevin Harley
18. Guillermo Hernangomez
19. Juan Alberto Hernangomez
20. Mario Hezonja
21. Mouhammadou Jaiteh
22. Alpha Kaba
23. Vladislav Korenyuk
24. Dusan Kultesic
25. Jonghyun Lee
26. Timothe Luwawu
27. Nikola Milutinov
28. Aleksej Nikolic
29. Cedi Osman
30. Miroslav Pasajlic
31. Anzejs Pasecniks
32. Oriol Pauli
33. Kristaps Porzingis
34. Nikola Radicevic
35. Djoko Salic
36. Marko Tejic
37. Juan Pablo Vaulet
38. Aleksandar Vezenkov
39. Adin Vrabac
40. Rade Zagorac
41. Sergiv Zagreba
42. Alexandr Zhigulin
43. Paul Zipser
For a little history, the 2014 NBA Draft was held at the Barclays Center. According to ESPN, it was actually considered as one of the most hyped draft classes in the past years. That year, some of the underclassmen who gained the most attention included Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Marcus Smart, Julius Randle and Aaron Gordon. Some of the international talents included Crotia's Dario Saric and Australia's Dante Exum.