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Friday, June 20
Updated: June 20, 1:53 PM ET
Early-entry candidates
ESPN.com news services
Twenty-seven players who had declared as early-entry candidates for 2003 NBA Draft officially withdrew their names from the draft by Thursday's deadline. The official list of early-entry candidates is made up of 24 collegiate players, five high school seniors, and 17 international prospects.
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NBA Early Entry List
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| The following is the list of players who remain early-entry candidates for draft, which will be held Thursday, June 26, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City:
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Chris Alexander
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Iowa State
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Carmelo Anthony
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Syracuse
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Mario Austin
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Mississippi State
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Ronald Blackshear
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Marshall
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Chris Bosh
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Georgia Tech
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Lamar Castile
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CC of Beaver County (Pa.)
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Ndudi Ebi
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Westbury Christian H.S. (Texas)
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Rod Edwards
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Ouachita Baptist (Arkansas)
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Carl English
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Hawaii
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T.J. Ford
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Texas
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Zac Fray
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Santa Ana College (Calif.)
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David Hamilton
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Salem International
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Jonathan Hargett
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West Virginia
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Jarvis Hayes
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Georgia
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Maurice Jackson
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Texas-Permian Basin
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LeBron James
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St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio)
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Richard Jeter
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Atlanta Metropolitan College
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Chris Kaman
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Central Michigan
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James Lang
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Central Park Christian H.S. (Ala.)
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Travis Outlaw
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Starkville H.S. (Mississippi)
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Kendrick Perkins
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Clifton Ozen H.S. (Texas)
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Josh Powell
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North Carolina State
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Rick Rickert
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Minnesota
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Luke Ridnour
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Oregon
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Robert Smith
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North Carolina Wesleyan
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Mike Sweetney
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Georgetown
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Dwyane Wade
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Marquette
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Maurice Williams
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Alabama
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Doug Wrenn
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Washington
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| The following is the list of international players under the age of 22 who have applied for early-entry into NBA Draft 2003:
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Malick Badiane
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Langen (Germany)
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Leandro Barbosa
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Bauru Tilibra (Brazil)
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Carlos Delfino
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Skipper Bologna (Italy)
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Boris Diaw-Riffiod
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Pau Orthez (France)
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Maciej Lampe
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Universidad Complutense (Spain)
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Darko Milicic
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Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia/Montenegro)
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Zaur Pachulia
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Ulker (Turkey)
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Aleksandar Pavlovic
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Buducnost (Serbia/Montenegro)
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Mickael Pietrus
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Pau Orthez (France)
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Zoran Planinic
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Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
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Sofoklis Schortsanitis
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Iraklis (Greece)
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Nedzad Sinanovic
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Zenica Celik (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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Jon Stefansson
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TBB Trier (Germany)
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Szymon Szewczyk
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Braunschweig (Germany)
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Remon Van de Hare
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F.C. Barcelona (Spain)
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Slavko Vranes
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Buducnost (Serbia/Montenegro)
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Xue Yuyang
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Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
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Withdrew from draft: Andre Emmett (Texas Tech), Sani Ibrahim (College of Southern Idaho), Antonio Lawrence (San Jose State), Erazem Lorbek (Michigan State), Ricky Minard(Morehead State), Marcus Moore (Washington State), Simeon Naydenov (Louisville), Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph's), Jason Parker (Tulsa), Brian Polk (Temple), Chris Thomas(Notre Dame), Charlie Villanueva (Blair Academy, N.J.), Nick Zachery (Arkansas-Little Rock).
Mauricio Aguiar (Cordon, Uruguay), Pero Antic (AEK, Greece), David Brkic (Virtus Bologna, Italy), Aleksandar Djuric (Kapfenberg, Austria), Viktor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow), Kresimir Loncar (Benetton Treviso, Italy), Misan Nikagbatse (Snaidero Udine, Italy), Pavel Podkolzine (Varese, Italy), Alassane Savadogo (Kadiogo Bulls, Burkina Faso), Blagota Sekulic (Partizan, Serbia/Montenegro), Luka Sjekloca (Buducnost, Serbia/Montenegro), Christos Tapoutos (AEK, Greece), Anderson Varejao (F.C. Barcelona, Spain), Aleksander Vujacic (Snaidero Udine, Italy).
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