Official NBA Draft Early Entry Candidates Thread

[detroitbasketball]

GOING PRO
LaMarcus Aldridge, F/C, Texas (Will hire agent)
Josh Boone, F/C, UConn (Will not hire agent)
Quincy Douby, G, Rutgers (Will not hire agent)
Nick Fazekas, F/C, Nevada (Will not hire agent)
Brandon Heath, G, San Diego State (Will not hire agent)
Richard Roby, G, Colorado (Has not yet hired an agent, but might)
Rajon Rondo, G, Kentucky (Will hire agent)
Mustafa Shakur, G, Arizona (Will not hire agent)
Tyrus Thomas, F, LSU (Has hired agent)
Rudy Gay, F, UConn (Expected to hire an agent)
Alexander Johnson, F, Florida State (Will not hire agent)
Adam Morrison, F, Gonzaga (Will hire agent)
Arron Afflalo, G, UCLA (Will not hire agent)
Shannon Brown, G/F, Michigan State (Will not hire agent)
Guillermo Diaz, G, Miami (FL) (No word on agent status)
Carl Elliott, G, George Washington (Will not hire agent, likely to return to GW)
Jordan Farmar, G, UCLA (Will not hire agent)
Daniel Gibson, G, Texas (Will not hire agent)
Aaron Gray, C, Pittsburgh (Will not hire agent)
Kyle Lowry, G, Villanova (Will not hire agent)
Patrick O'Bryant, C, Bradley (Will not hire agent)
Danilo Pinnock, G, George Washington (Will not hire agent)
Thomas Gardner, G, Missouri (Will not hire agent)
Leon Powe, F, California (Will not hire agent)
Marcus Slaughter, F, San Diego State (Has hired agent)
P.J. Tucker, F, Texas (Will not hire agent)
Ian Vouyoukas, C, St. Louis (Will not hire agent)
Darius Washington, G, Memphis (Has not yet hired agent)
Marcus Williams, G, Connecticut (Will hire agent)
Shawne Williams, F, Memphis (Will not hire agent)
Ronnie Brewer, G/F, Arkansas (Will not hire agent)
Renaldo Balkman, F, South Carolina (Will not hire agent)

STAYING PUT
(The following players have stated they intend to return to school but may still change their minds, as evidenced by Texas G Daniel Gibson, who said he would stay at Texas but recently declared for the draft.)
Tyler Hansbrough, F/C, North Carolina
Richard Hendrix, F, Alabama
Joakim Noah, F/C, Florida
Al Horford, F, Florida
Corey Brewer, G, Florida
Brandon Rush, G, Kansas
Ronald Steele, G, Alabama
Glen Davis, F/C, LSU

Reports that Duke's Josh McRoberts is staying put. No official word yet.

[sep]

Morrison is gone, I saw it on SC this morning. Im sure theres a link somewhere, but im to lazy to find it.

Also, UConn is gonna be crap next year, and Florida looks like they might have a real shot to repeat.

[detroitbasketball]

UConn? Not crap. You have to be kidding me. Calhoun always finds a way to get his team into the tournament. They always have great recruiting classes.

And remember: Everyone said North Carolina would be crap this year. Despite their second-round loss, a number three seed isn't too bad. UConn's in the same boat.

[bearcat]

Roby is horribly overrated.

And you left off Thomas Gardner of Mizzou. He's not hiring an agent, however.

[ChisAto]

Villanova Sophomore Guard Kyle Lowry-
sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2006/news/story?id=2424053

Pittsburgh Junior Center Aaron Gray-
sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2006/news/story?id=2423989

[sep]

Ouch, Lowry. There goes all 4 of there guards. There gonna be like Wake Forest now. One good year, legit final four team, to ultimate crappiness.

[McGahee]

Damn I really thought Lowry could have had a great season, even if his team didn't as much. He's still got a lot to prove I think, and I don't even think he'd be a first round pick...

It would be kinda neat to see Foye and Lowry drafted by the same team, since I think he'd be getting picked in the 2nd round by around the same time as Foye in the 1st...

[detroitbasketball]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Lowry return to school. His stock isn't high and he'd only be hurting himself if he stays in the draft and doesn't see a rise in stock.

Also, who was the 4th Villanova guard that sep said was leaving? Lowry, Ray, Foye...who else? I know Fraser's a senior, is that who you meant?

[sep]

Nardi isnt a senior?

[McGahee]

I thought he was a junior but I could be wrong...

But still, if Lowry does get picked, Nardi isn't really a great player. He really benefitted from all the attention the other 3 guards were getting, and got open 3 point shots because of it. He also played a lot less in the tournament than what he did in the regular season...

[detroitbasketball]

Nardi's a junior and he's not going anywhere.

[blast24]

Shannon Brown has decided to stay in the NBA Draft and will forego Senior Year. Good luck to him he was a fine player at State