{"id":465054,"date":"2026-05-28T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:47:09","slug":"38-early-entry-candidates-withdraw-from-nba-draft-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465054\/","title":{"rendered":"38 early entry candidates withdraw from NBA Draft 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2160756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-NBA-Draft-logo-white-1568x882.png\" alt=\"NBA Draft 2026 logo\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 The NBA announced today that 38 players have notified the league that they wish to be removed from the list of \u201cearly entry\u201d players eligible for selection in the NBA Draft 2026.\u00a0 Following the NBA\u2019s early entry withdrawal deadline of 5 p.m. ET on June 13, 2026, the NBA will announce the list of any additional players who provide the NBA with timely notice that they wish to be removed from the list of \u201cearly entry\u201d players eligible for selection in the NBA Draft 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The following 35 non-international players have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2026:<\/p>\n<p>Player<br \/>\nSchool or Team<br \/>\nHeight<br \/>\nStatus<\/p>\n<p>Matt Able<br \/>\nNorth Carolina State<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Amari Allen<br \/>\nAlabama<br \/>\n6-8<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Alijah Arenas<br \/>\nUSC<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Flory Bidunga<br \/>\nKansas<br \/>\n6-10<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Finley Bizjack<br \/>\nButler<br \/>\n6-4<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>John Blackwell<br \/>\nWisconsin<br \/>\n6-4<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Shane Blakeney<br \/>\nDrexel<br \/>\n6-5<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Anton Bonke<br \/>\nCharlotte<br \/>\n7-2<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Rowan Brumbaugh<br \/>\nTulane<br \/>\n6-4<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Cadeau<br \/>\nMichigan<br \/>\n6-1<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Rueben Chinyelu<br \/>\nFlorida<br \/>\n6-10<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Cofie<br \/>\nUSC<br \/>\n6-10<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Cruz Davis<br \/>\nHofstra<br \/>\n6-3<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Kennard Davis Jr.<br \/>\nBYU<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Keanu Dawes<br \/>\nUtah<br \/>\n6-9<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Dynes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nUSC<br \/>\n7-5<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Eian Elmer<br \/>\nMiami (OH)<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Fears Jr.<br \/>\nMichigan State<br \/>\n6-2<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Colby Garland<br \/>\nSan Jose State<br \/>\n6-0<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Juke Harris<br \/>\nWake Forest<br \/>\n6-7<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Isiah Harwell<br \/>\nHouston<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Lou Hutchinson<br \/>\nAlabama A&amp;M<br \/>\n6-7<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Acaden Lewis<br \/>\nVillanova<br \/>\n6-2<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>John Mobley Jr.<br \/>\nOhio State<br \/>\n6-1<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Milan Momcilovic<br \/>\nIowa State<br \/>\n6-8<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Malachi Moreno<br \/>\nKentucky<br \/>\n7-0<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Paulius Murauskas<br \/>\nSaint Mary\u2019s<br \/>\n6-8<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Parker Jr.<br \/>\nRadford<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Rancik<br \/>\nColorado<br \/>\n6-11<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Billy Richmond III<br \/>\nArkansas<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Andrej Stojakovic<br \/>\nIllinois<br \/>\n6-7<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Tanner<br \/>\nVanderbilt<br \/>\n6-0<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>Aiden Tobiason<br \/>\nTemple<br \/>\n6-5<br \/>\nSophomore<\/p>\n<p>LeJuan Watts<br \/>\nTexas Tech<br \/>\n6-6<br \/>\nJunior<\/p>\n<p>Tounde Yessoufou<br \/>\nBaylor<br \/>\n6-5<br \/>\nFreshman<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of international players who have withdrawn for early entry into NBA Draft 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Player<br \/>\nTeam\/Country of Team<br \/>\nHeight<br \/>\nStatus<\/p>\n<p>Bassala Bagayoko<br \/>\nBilbao (Spain)<br \/>\n6-10<br \/>\n2006 DOB<\/p>\n<p>Marc-Owen Fodzo Dada<br \/>\nNancy (France)<br \/>\n5-11<br \/>\n2006 DOB<\/p>\n<p>Alexandros Samodurov<br \/>\nPanathinaikos (Greece)<br \/>\n6-11<br \/>\n2005 DOB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 The NBA announced today that 38 players have notified the league that they wish to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,216307,105],"class_list":["post-465054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nba-draft-early-entry-withdrawals","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}