Basketball Nonsense

Via NBA.com here is a list of the ealry entry candidates for the 2009 Draft! Should be interesting, a lot of great players. Chase Budinger is one of my favs!

NATIONAL EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2009 NBA DRAFT
Darion Anderson Northern Illinois 6-2 Sophomore
Ryan Anderson Nebraska 6-4 Junior
Dominique Archie South Carolina 6-7 Junior
DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh 6-7 Sophomore
Derrick Brown Xavier 6-8 Junior
Chase Budinger Arizona 6-7 Junior
Nick Calathes Florida 6-6 Sophomore
Earl Clark Louisville 6-9 Junior
Dwayne Collins Miami 6-8 Junior
Kareem Cooper UTEP 7-0 Junior
Kenneth Cooper Louisiana Tech 6-10 Junior
Brandon Costner NC State 6-9 Junior
Stephen Curry Davidson 6-1 Junior
Bryan Davis Texas A&M 6-9 Junior
Austin Daye Gonzaga 6-10 Sophomore
DeMar DeRozan USC 6-7 Freshman
Eric Devendorf Syracuse 6-4 Junior
Devan Downey South Carolina 5-9 Junior
Osiris Eldridge Illinois State 6-3 Junior
Wayne Ellington North Carolina 6-4 Junior
Chinemelu Elonu Texas A&M 6-10 Junior
Tyreke Evans Memphis 6-6 Freshman
Gary Flowers Chipola JC (FL) 6-8 Sophomore
Jonny Flynn Syracuse 6-0 Sophomore
Jonathan Gibson New Mexico St. 6-2 Junior
Kyle Gibson Louisiana Tech 6-5 Junior
Taj Gibson USC 6-9 Junior
Blake Griffin Oklahoma 6-10 Sophomore
D’mond Grismore Huston-Tillotson (TX) 6-6 Junior
Rogr Guignard Texas-Arlington 5-11 Junior
Daniel Hackett USC 6-5 Junior
Luke Harangody Notre Dame 6-8 Junior
James Harden Arizona St. 6-4 Sophomore
Kevin Harris Northwest Mississippi CC 5-11 Sophomore
Paul Harris Syracuse 6-5 Junior
Gerald Henderson Duke 6-5 Junior
Jordan Hill Arizona 6-9 Junior
Jrue Holiday UCLA 6-4 Freshman
Damion James Texas 6-7 Junior
James Johnson Wake Forest 6-9 Sophomore
Mac Koshwal DePaul 6-10 Sophomore
Gani Lawal Georgia Tech 6-9 Sophomore
Ty Lawson North Carolina 5-11 Junior
James Lewis Fresno Pacific 6-4 Junior
Darnell Lindsay Tennessee Tech 6-4 Junior
Dior Lowhorn San Francisco 6-7 Junior
Ater Majok Connecticut 6-10 Freshman
Jodie Meeks Kentucky 6-4 Junior
Nate Miles Southern Idaho 6-7 Freshman
Patrick Mills St. Mary’s 6-0 Sophomore
Tasmin Mitchell LSU 6-7 Junior
B.J. Mullens Ohio State 7-0 Freshman
Ronald Ogoke Paul Quinn College (TX) 7-0 Junior
Patrick Patterson Kentucky 6-9 Sophomore
Scottie Reynolds Villanova 6-2 Junior
D.J. Rivera Binghamton 6-4 Junior
Terrence Roderick UAB 6-6 Sophomore
Magnum Rolle Louisiana Tech 6-11 Junior
Junior Salters Wofford 6-1 Junior
Donald Sloan Texas A&M 6-3 Junior
Tyler Smith Tennessee 6-7 Junior
DaJuan Summers Georgetown 6-8 Junior
Shawn Taggart Memphis 6-10 Junior
Jonathan Tavernari BYU 6-6 Junior
Jeff Teague Wake Forest 6-2 Sophomore
Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut 7-3 Junior
Malcolm Thomas San Diego City College 6-9 Sophomore
Dar Tucker DePaul 6-5 Sophomore
Jarvis Varnado Mississippi State 6-9 Junior
Greivis Vasquez Maryland 6-6 Junior
Martez Walker Riverside CC (CA) 6-6 Freshman
Michael Washington Arkansas 6-9 Junior
Jeremy Wise Southern Mississippi 6-2 Junior
Nic Wise Arizona 5-10 Junior

International EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2009 NBA DRAFT
Player Team/Country* Height Date of Birth
Amadou Aboubakar Zaki Nancy (France) 7-1 1988
Rodrigue Beaubois Cholet (France) 6-0 1988
Nemanja Bjelica Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) 6-10 1988
Georgios Bogris Ilysiakos (Greece) 6-10 1989
Omri Casspi Maccabi Elite (Israel) 6-9 1988
Victor Claver Pamesa Valencia (Spain) 6-9 1988
Vladimir Dasic Buducnost (Montenegro) 6-10 1988
Christian Eyenga DKV Joventut (Spain) 6-5 1989
Vitor Faverani Unicaja Malaga (Spain) 6-10 1988
Sergey Gladyr Mykolaiv (Ukraine) 6-5 1989
Adam Hanga Albacomp (Hungary) 6-7 1989
Bari Hersek Efes Pilsen (Turkey) 6-9 1988
Rudy Jomby Le Havre (France) 6-6 1988
Tanel Kurbas Kalev/Cramo (Estonia) 6-6 1988
Milan Macvan Hemofarm (Serbia) 6-9 1989
Boban Marjanovic Hemofarm (Serbia) 7-4 1988
Tim Ohlbrecht Bamberg (Germany) 6-11 1988
Carl Ona Embo Biella (Italy) 6-1 1989
Nikolaos Pappas Real Madrid II (Spain) 6-5 1990
Anton Ponomarev Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan) 6-10 1988
Paulo Prestes Unicaja Malaga (Spain) 6-11 1988
Miroslav Raduljica FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) 7-0 1988
Fernando Raposo Pau Orthez (France) 6-9 1989
Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut (Spain) 6-4 1990
Evangelos Sakellariou Pagrati (Greece) 6-5 1989
Alexandros Sigkounas Olimpia Larissa (Greece) 6-7 1988
Ludovic Vaty Pau Orthez (France) 6-9 1988
Ibrahim Yildirim Banvit (Turkey) 6-3 1990
Artem Zabelin CSKA Moscow (Russia) 7-1 1988

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