{"id":633799,"date":"2026-04-28T09:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633799\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:14:10","slug":"2026-nba-draft-early-entry-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633799\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Draft Early Entry Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK, April 27, 2026 \u2013\u00a0The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that 71 players have filed as early entry candidates for NBA Draft 2026<\/a>, which will be held Tuesday, June 23 (First Round) and Wednesday June 24 (Second Round) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n

Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 13. Under NCAA rules, in order to retain college basketball eligibility, college players who have entered NBA Draft 2026 must withdraw by Wednesday, May 27.<\/p>\n

Early Entry Candidates For NBA Draft 2026<\/p>\n

Below is the list of non-international players from colleges who have applied for early entry into NBA Draft 2026.<\/p>\n

Player
\nSchool or Team
\nHeight
\nStatus<\/p>\n

Matt Able
\nNorth Carolina State
\n6-6
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Darius Acuff Jr.
\nArkansas
\n6-3
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Amari Allen
\nAlabama
\n6-8
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Nate Ament
\nTennessee
\n6-10
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Christian Anderson Jr.
\nTexas Tech
\n6-3
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Alijah Arenas
\nUSC
\n6-6
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Flory Bidunga
\nKansas
\n6-10
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Finley Bizjack
\nButler
\n6-4
\nJunior<\/p>\n

John Blackwell
\nWisconsin
\n6-4
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Shane Blakeney
\nDrexel
\n6-5
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Anton Bonke
\nCharlotte
\n7-2
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer
\nDuke
\n6-9
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Mikel Brown Jr.
\nLouisville
\n6-5
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Rowan Brumbaugh
\nTulane
\n6-4
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Brayden Burries
\nArizona
\n6-4
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Elliot Cadeau
\nMichigan
\n6-1
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Cameron Carr
\nBaylor
\n6-5
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Chris Cenac Jr.
\nHouston
\n6-11
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Rueben Chinyelu
\nFlorida
\n6-10
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Jacob Cofie
\nUSC
\n6-10
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Cruz Davis
\nHofstra
\n6-3
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Kennard Davis Jr.
\nBYU
\n6-6
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Keanu Dawes
\nUtah
\n6-9
\nJunior<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa
\nBYU
\n6-9
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Gabe Dynes
\nUSC
\n7-5
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Eian Elmer
\nMiami (OH)
\n6-6
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Isaiah Evans
\nDuke
\n6-6
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Jeremy Fears Jr.
\nMichigan State
\n6-2
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Kingston Flemings
\nHouston
\n6-4
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Colby Garland
\nSan Jose State
\n6-0
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Allen Graves
\nSanta Clara
\n6-9
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Juke Harris
\nWake Forest
\n6-7
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Isiah Harwell
\nHouston
\n6-6
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Lou Hutchinson
\nAlabama A&M
\n6-7
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Morez Johnson Jr.
\nMichigan
\n6-9
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Acaden Lewis
\nVillanova
\n6-2
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Aday Mara
\nMichigan
\n7-3
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Milan Momcilovic
\nIowa State
\n6-8
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Malachi Moreno
\nKentucky
\n7-0
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Paulius Murauskas
\nSaint Mary\u2019s
\n6-8
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Ebuka Okorie
\nStanford
\n6-2
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Dennis Parker Jr.
\nRadford
\n6-6
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Koa Peat
\nArizona
\n6-8
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson
\nKansas
\n6-6
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Labaron Philon Jr.
\nAlabama
\n6-4
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Jayden Quaintance
\nKentucky
\n6-10
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Sebastian Rancik
\nColorado
\n6-11
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Billy Richmond III
\nArkansas
\n6-6
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Hannes Steinbach
\nWashington
\n6-11
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Andrej Stojakovic
\nIllinois
\n6-7
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Dailyn Swain
\nTexas
\n6-8
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Tyler Tanner
\nVanderbilt
\n6-0
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Meleek Thomas
\nArkansas
\n6-5
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Aiden Tobiason
\nTemple
\n6-5
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Bryson Tucker
\nWashington
\n6-7
\nSophomore<\/p>\n

Henri Veesaar
\nNorth Carolina
\n7-0
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Keaton Wagler
\nIllinois
\n6-6
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

LeJuan Watts
\nTexas Tech
\n6-6
\nJunior<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson
\nNorth Carolina
\n6-10
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

Tounde Yessoufou
\nBaylor
\n6-5
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into NBA Draft 2026.<\/p>\n

Player
\nTeam\/Country of Team
\nHeight
\nStatus<\/p>\n

Mohammad Amini
\nNancy (France)
\n6-7
\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n

Pavle Backo
\nMega (Serbia)
\n7-0
\n2007 DOB<\/p>\n

Bassala Bagayoko
\nBilbao (Spain)
\n6-10
\n2006 DOB<\/p>\n

Francesco Ferrari
\nVirtus Bologna (Italy)
\n6-9
\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n

Marc-Owen Fodzo Dada
\nNancy (France)
\n5-11
\n2006 DOB<\/p>\n

Vsevolod Ishchenko
\nLokomotiv (Russia)
\n6-3
\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n

Jack Kayil
\nAlba Berlin (Germany)
\n6-3
\n2006 DOB<\/p>\n

Sergio de Larrea
\nValencia (Spain)
\n6-6
\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n

Karim Lopez
\nNew Zealand Breakers (Australia)
\n6-8
\n2007 DOB<\/p>\n

Alexandros Samodurov
\nPanathinaikos (Greece)
\n6-11
\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n

Luigi Suigo
\nMega (Serbia)
\n7-2
\n2007 DOB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, April 27, 2026 \u2013\u00a0The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that 71 players have filed as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,237071,459,82],"class_list":["post-633799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-early-entry","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}