19th June, 2006 - 8:24 pm
Press Release - Forty-seven players who had declared as early entry candidates for the 2006 NBA Draft have withdrawn their names from the draft. There are currently 37 collegiate and 10 international prospects that are early entry candidates.
Here is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2006 NBA Draft:
Akbar Abdul-Ahad
Arron Afflalo
Morris Almond
Larry Blair
Jahsha Bluntt
Bobby Brown
LeRoy Dawson
Cem Dinc
Carl Elliott
Nick Fazekas
Reggie George
Aaron Gray
Brandon Heath
Clarence Holloway
Ekene Ibekwe
Trey Johnson
Coby Karl
Aleks Maric
Japhet McNeil
Evan Patterson
Richard Roby
Blake Schilb
Mustafa Shakur
Jontae Vinson
Albert Weber
Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2006 NBA Draft:
Andriy Agafonov
Nemanja Aleksandrov
Yannick Bokolo
Carlos Cedeno
Tadija Dragicevic
Rudy Fernandez
Kyrylo Fesenko
Rafael Hettsheimeier
Marko Lekic
Mickael Mokongo
Brad Newley
Hrvoje Peric
Giorgos Printezis
Milovan Rakovic
Aleksandar Rindin
Dusan Sakota
Renaldas Seibutis
Sidiki Sidibe
Tiago Splitter
Sun Yue
Ali Traore
Following is the list of players who remain early entry candidates for the 2006 NBA Draft.
LaMarcus Aldridge
Renaldo Balkman
Will Blalock
Josh Boone
Ronnie Brewer
Shannon Brown
Derek Burditt
Travis DeGroot
Guillermo Diaz
Quincy Douby
Mike Efevberha
Jordan Farmar
Thomas Gardner
Rudy Gay
Daniel Gibson
LeShawn Hammett
Tedric Hill
Donald Jeffes
Alexander Johnson
David Johnson
Mark Konecny
Kyle Lowry
Paul Millsap
Matt Mitchell
Adam Morrison
Patrick O'Bryant
Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock
Leon Powe
Rajon Rondo
Cedric Simmons
Marcus Slaughter
Curtis Stinson
Tyrus Thomas
P.J. Tucker
Darius Washington Jr.
Marcus Williams
Shawne Williams
The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2006 NBA Draft:
Pape-Philippe Amagou
Andrea Bargnani
Lior Eliyahu
Joel Freeland
Damir Markota
Oleksiy Pecherov
Kosta Perovic
Sergio Rodriguez
Saer Sene
Ejike Ugboaja
