{"id":706182,"date":"2026-06-15T21:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706182\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:26:13","slug":"three-additional-early-entry-candidates-withdraw-from-nba-draft-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706182\/","title":{"rendered":"Three additional early entry candidates withdraw from NBA Draft 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a02026 NBA Draft: Complete coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 In addition to the 35 non-international players from colleges and three international players who had previously withdrawn<\/a> their names from consideration as early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2026, three additional international players who had previously declared as early entry candidates have withdrawn their names from consideration. There are 26 non-international players from colleges and five international players that remain early entry candidates.<\/p>\n

ABC and ESPN will broadcast the first round of NBA Draft 2026<\/a> at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 23 at 8 p.m. ET. The second round will also air from Barclays Center on Wednesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App. Premium experiences and exclusive hospitality packages for the First Round are currently available at NBAEvents.com. Tickets for the First Round live at Barclays Center are on sale to the General Public at Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n

The following international players have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2026:<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Luigi Suigo
\nMega (Serbia)
\n7-2
\n2007 DOB<\/p>\n

The following non-international players from the listed colleges remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2026:<\/p>\n

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

Darius\u00a0Acuff Jr.
\nArkansas
\n6-3
\nFreshman<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ebuka Okorie
\nStanford
\n6-2
\nFreshman<\/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

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

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

Meleek Thomas
\nArkansas
\n6-5
\nFreshman<\/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

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

The following international players remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2026:<\/p>\n

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

Mohammad Amini
\nNancy (France)
\n6-7
\n2005 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022\u00a02026 NBA Draft: Complete coverage NEW YORK \u2013 In addition to the 35 non-international players from colleges and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,304911,99],"class_list":["post-706182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft-early-entry","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}