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The deadline to enter the 2019 NBA Draft has expired. One-hundred and sixty-four players have made themselves eligible for the upcoming NBA Draft and have until May 29 to withdraw their names. The group consists of both college and international players that are under the age of 22.
Jalen Lecque is the most interesting name in the early entrant group as he is currently still in high school. The Brewster Academy player is in his post-grad year at the school which qualifies him for the NBA Draft. If he gets drafted, it will be the third straight year that a player has gone straight from high school to the NBA.
Portland’s Anfernee Simmons and Detriot’s Thon Maker used the same loophole that Lecque used to get drafted into the NBA. The NC State commit will have to prove that he is ready for the NBA over the next month. Lecque would be able to go NC State if he withdraws from the NBA Draft.
Darius Bazley is the player with the most to prove in the pre-draft process after taking a year away from basketball. The 2018 McDonald’s All-American was headed to Syracuse when he decided to go to the G-League instead. Bazley never played a game in the G-League as he decided to concentrate on preparing himself for the 2019 NBA Draft.
Mitchell Robinson did the same thing last year and was one of the top shot-blockers in the NBA. Bazley does not possess Robinson’s length or shot-blocking ability but he is a gifted scorer with a 6-foot-9 frame. He may not go in the first round but Bazley will get drafted into the NBA.
The list of early entrants into the draft will dwindle as players are able to stay in the draft until May 29. Some players will wisely withdraw their names, while others will go undrafted. The NBA Draft Combine starts on May 15 and is the true indicator of which early entrants will return to school.
Early Entrants
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- Milan Acquah, G Cal Baptist
- Bryce Aiken, G Harvard
- Nickeill Alexander-Walker, G Virginia Tech
- Wajid Aminu F, North Florida
- Darko Bajo F, Croatia
- Aleksander Balcerowski C, Poland
- Desmond Bane G, TCU
- R. J. Barrett G/F, Duke
- Charles Bassey C, Western Kentucky
- Tyus Battle G, Syracuse
- Troy Baxter Jr. G, Florida Gulf Coast
- Darius Bazley F, Committed to Syracuse out of high school but took the year off to prepare for the draft
- Goga Bitadze C, Georgia
- Kerry Blackshear Jr. F, Virginia Tech
- Vrenz Bleijenbergh – F, Belgium
- Bol Bol – C, Oregon
- Jordan Bone, G, Tennessee
- Ky Bowman G, Boston College
- DaQuan Bracey, G, Louisiana Tech
- Keith Braxton, G, St. Francis (PA)
- Ignas Brazdeikis, F, Michigan
- Oshae Brissett, F, Syracuse
- Armoni Brooks, G, Houston
- Charlie Brown, G, St. Joseph’s
- Ognjen Carapic, G, Montenegro
- Yoeli Childs, F, BYU
- Brandon Clarke, F, Gonzaga
- Nicolas Claxton, F, Georgia
- Amir Coffey, G, Minnesota
- R.J. Cole, G, Howard
- Tyler Cook, F, Iowa
- Anthony Cowan, G, Maryland
- Jarrett Culver, G/F, Texas Tech
- Aubrey Dawkins, G, UCF
- Mamadi Diakite, F, Virginia
- Alpha Diallo, G, Providence
- Luguentz Dort, G, Arizona State
- Devon Dotson, G, Kansas
- Sekou Doumbouya, F, France
- Henri Drell, F, France
- Carsen Edwards, G, Purdue
- C.J. Elleby, F, Washington State
- Steven Enoch, C, Louisville
- Bruno Fernando, F, Maryland
- Jaylen Fisher, G, TCU
- Savion Flagg, G, Texas A&M
- Samson Froling, F/C, Creighton
- Daniel Gafford, F/C, Arkansas
- Darius Garland, G, Vanderbilt
- Eugene German, G, Northern Illinois
- Quentin Goodin, G, Xavier
- Kellan Grady, G, Davidson
- Devonte Green, G, Indiana
- Quentin Grimes, G, Kansas
- Jon Axel Gudmundsson, G, Davidson
- Kyle Guy, G, Virginia
- Rui Hachimura, F, Gonzaga
- Jaylen Hands, G, UCLA
- Jerrick Harding, G, Weber State
- Jared Harper, G, Auburn
- Jaxson Hayes, F/C, Texas
- Dewan Hernandez, F, Miami
- Tyler Herro, G, Kentucky
- Amir Hinton, G, Shaw
- Jaylen Hoard, F, Wake Forest
- Daulton Hommes, F, Point Loma Nazarene University
- Talen Horton-Tucker, G, Iowa State
- De’Andre Hunter, F, Virginia
- Dalibor Ilic, F, Bosnia
- Vance Jackson, F, New Mexico
- Ty Jerome, G, Virginia
- Matas Jogela, G, Lithuania
- Keldon Johnson, F, Kentucky
- Markell Johnson, G, N.C. State
- Tyrique Jones, F, Xavier
- Mfiondu Kabengele, C, Florida State
- Mate Kalajzic, G, Croatia
- Louis King, F, Oregon
- V.J. King, F, Louisville
- Nathan Knight, F, William & Mary
- Sagaba Konate, F, West Virginia
- Anthony Lamb, F, Vermont
- Romeo Langford, G, Indiana
- A.J. Lawson, G, South Carolina
- Dedric Lawson, F, Kansas
- Jalen Lecque, G, Brewster Academy
- Jacob Ledoux, G, UTPB
- Nassir Little, F, UNC
- Tevin Mack, G, Alabama
- Andrija Marjanovic, G/F, Serbia
- Naji Marshall, F, Xavier
- Gytis Masiulis, F/C, Lithuania
- Charles Matthews, G, Michigan
- Skylar Mays, G, LSU
- Jalen McDaniels, F, San Diego State
- William McDowell-White, G, Germany
- Nikita Mikhailovskii, G/F, Russia
- Nikola Miskovic, F, Serbia
- Adam Mokoka, G, France
- EJ Montgomery, F, Kentucky
- Ja Morant, G, Murray State
- Abdoulaye N’doye, G, France
- Toni Nakic, G, Croatia
- Andrew Nembhard, G, Florida
- Tanor Ngom, C, Senegal
- Kouat Noi, F, TCU
- Jaylen Nowell, G, Washington
- Jordan Nwora, F, Louisville
- Chuma Okeke, F, Auburn
- KZ Okpala, F, Stanford
- Louis Olinde, G/F, Germany
- Miye Oni, G/F, Yale
- Reggie Perry, F, Mississippi State
- Shamorie Ponds, G, St. John’s
- Jordan Poole, G, Michigan
- Jontay Porter, F, Missouri
- Kevin Porter Jr, G, USC
- Myles Powell, G, Seton Hall
- Payton Pritchard, G, Oregon
- Neemias Queta, C, Utah State
- Brandon Randolph, G, Arizona
- Cam Reddish, F, Duke
- Isaiah Reese, G, Canisius
- Naz Reid, C, LSU
- Isaiah Roby, F, Nebraska
- Paul Scruggs, G, Xavier
- Tadas Sedekerskis, F, Lithuania
- Samir Sehic, F, Tulane
- Simisola Shittu, F, Vanderbilt
- Devontae Shuler, G, Ole Miss
- Nike Sibande, G, Miami (OH)
- Marcos Lousada Silva, G/F, Brazil
- Justin Simon, G, St. John’s
- D’Marcus Simonds, G, Georgia State
- Deividas Sirvydis, G, Lithuania
- Javonte Smart, G, LSU
- Derrik Smits, C, Valparaiso
- Filip Stanic, F/C, Germany
- Lamar Stevens, F, Penn State
- Ethan Thompson, G, Oregon State
- Jeremiah Tilmon, F, Missouri
- Tres Tinkle, F, Oregon State
- Obi Toppin, F, Dayton
- Rayjon Tucker, G, Little Rock
- Breein Tyree, G, Ole Miss
- Arnas Velicka, G, Lithuania
- Nick Ward, F, Michigan State
- P.J. Washington, F, Kentucky
- Tremont Waters, G, LSU
- Kaleb Wesson, F, Ohio State
- Coby White, G, UNC
- Jimmy Whitt, G, SMU
- Joe Wieskamp, G, Iowa
- Lindell Wigginton, G, Iowa State
- Kris Wilkes, G, UCLA
- Charles Williams Jr., G, Howard
- Emmitt Williams, F, LSU
- Grant Williams, F, Tennessee
- Zion Williamson, F, Duke
- Holland Woods, G, Portland State
- Kenny Wooten, F, Oregon
- Arturs Zagars, G, Latvia
- Yovel Zoosman, G/F, Israel
