Updated: April 30, 2009, 2:44 PM ET
2009 NBA draft early entry list
2009 NBA draft early entries (U.S. colleges)
Based on letters received prior to midnight, April 26, 2009, the following basketball players from the listed U.S. colleges have applied as "early entry" players to be eligible for selection in the 2009 NBA draft.
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Darion Anderson | Northern Illinois |
| Ryan Anderson | Nebraska |
| Dominique Archie | South Carolina |
| DeJuan Blair | Pittsburgh |
| Derrick Brown | Xavier |
| Chase Budinger | Arizona |
| Nick Calathes | Florida |
| Earl Clark | Louisville |
| Dwayne Collins | Miami |
| Kareem Cooper | Texas-El Paso |
| Kenneth Cooper | Louisiana Tech |
| Brandon Costner | NC State |
| Stephen Curry | Davidson |
| Bryan Davis | Texas A&M |
| Austin Daye | Gonzaga |
| DeMar DeRozan | Southern California |
| Eric Devendorf | Syracuse |
| Devan Downey | South Carolina |
| Osiris Eldridge | Illinois State |
| Wayne Ellington | North Carolina |
| Chinemelu Elonu | Texas A&M |
| Tyreke Evans | Memphis |
| Gary Flowers | Chipola JC (Fla.) |
| Jonny Flynn | Syracuse |
| Jonathan Gibson | New Mexico State |
| Kyle Gibson | Louisiana Tech |
| Taj Gibson | Southern California |
| Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
| D'mond Grismore | Huston-Tillotson (Texas) |
| Roge'r Guignard | Texas-Arlington |
| Daniel Hackett | Southern California |
| Luke Harangody | Notre Dame |
| James Harden | Arizona State |
| Kevin Harris | Northwest Mississippi CC |
| Paul Harris | Syracuse |
| Gerald Henderson | Duke |
| Jordan Hill | Arizona |
| Jrue Holiday | UCLA |
| Damion James | Texas |
| James Johnson | Wake Forest |
| Mac Koshwal | DePaul |
| Gani Lawal | Georgia Tech |
| Ty Lawson | North Carolina |
| James Lewis | Fresno Pacific |
| Darnell Lindsay | Tennessee Tech |
| Dior Lowhorn | San Francisco |
| Ater Majok | Connecticut |
| Jodie Meeks | Kentucky |
| Nate Miles | Southern Idaho |
| Patrick Mills | Saint Mary's |
| Tasmin Mitchell | LSU |
| B.J. Mullens | Ohio State |
| Ronald Ogoke | Paul Quinn College |
| Patrick Patterson | Kentucky |
| Scottie Reynolds | Villanova |
| D.J. Rivera | Binghamton |
| Terrence Roderick | UAB |
| Magnum Rolle | Louisiana Tech |
| Junior Salters | Wofford |
| Donald Sloan | Texas A&M |
| Tyler Smith | Tennessee |
| DaJuan Summers | Georgetown |
| Shawn Taggart | Memphis |
| Jonathan Tavernari | BYU |
| Jeff Teague | Wake Forest |
| Hasheem Thabeet | Connecticut |
| Malcolm Thomas | San Diego City College |
| Dar Tucker | DePaul |
| Jarvis Varnado | Mississippi State |
| Greivis Vasquez | Maryland |
| Martez Walker | Riverside CC (Calif.) |
| Michael Washington | Arkansas |
| Jeremy Wise | Southern Miss |
| Nic Wise | Arizona |
2009 NBA draft early entries (International)
Based on letters received prior to midnight, April 26, 2009, the following international basketball players have applied as "early entry" players to be eligible for selection in the 2009 NBA draft.
| Player | Team (Country) |
|---|---|
| Amadou Aboubakar Zaki | Nancy (France) |
| Rodrigue Beaubois | Cholet (France) |
| Nemanja Bjelica | Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) |
| Georgios Bogris | Ilysiakos (Greece) |
| Omri Casspi | Maccabi Elite (Israel) |
| Victor Claver | Pamesa Valencia (Spain) |
| Vladimir Dasic | Buducnost (Montenegro) |
| Christian Eyenga | DKV Joventut (Spain) |
| Vitor Faverani | Unicaja Malaga (Spain) |
| Sergey Gladyr | Mykolaiv (Ukraine) |
| Adam Hanga | Albacomp (Hungary) |
| Baris Hersek | Efes Pilsen (Turkey) |
| Rudy Jomby | Le Havre (France) |
| Tanel Kurbas | Kalev/Cramo (Estonia) |
| Milan Macvan | Hemofarm (Serbia) |
| Boban Marjanovic | Hemofarm (Serbia) |
| Tim Ohlbrecht | Bamberg (Germany) |
| Carl Ona Embo | Biella (Italy) |
| Nikolaos Pappas | Real Madrid II (Spain) |
| Anton Ponomarev | Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan) |
| Paulo Prestes | Unicaja Malaga (Spain) |
| Miroslav Raduljica | FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) |
| Fernando Raposo | Pau Orthez (France) |
| Ricky Rubio | DKV Joventut (Spain) |
| Evangelos Sakellariou | Pagrati (Greece) |
| Alexandros Sigkounas | (Greece) |
| Ludovic Vaty | Pau Orthez (France) |
| Ibrahim Yildirim | Banvit (Turkey) |
| Artem Zabelin | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
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