2010 NBA Draft Early Entrants

[Kid Chocolate]

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James Anderson       Oklahoma  State   Shooting Guard   6-6   JR
Cole Aldrich         Kansas            Center           6-11  JR
Al-Farouq Aminu      Wake Forest       Forward          6-9   SO
Eric Bledsoe         Kentucky          Point Guard      6-1   FR
Craig Brackins       Iowa State        Forward          6-10  JR
Derrick Caracter     UTEP              Power Forward    6-9   JR
DeMarcus Cousins     Kentucky          Center           6-11  FR
Jordan Crawford      Xavier            Shooting Guard   6-4   SO
Malcolm Delaney      Virginia Tech     Guard            6-3   JR
Kenneth Faried       Morehead State    Forward          6-8   JR
Charles Garcia       Seattle           Forward          6-10  JR
Paul George          Fresno State      Forward          6-7   SO
Manny Harris         Michigan          Guard            6-5   JR
Jeremy Hazell        Seton Hall        Shooting Guard   6-5   JR
Xavier Henry         Kansas            Shooting Guard   6-6   FR
Dominique Jones      South Florida     Guard            6-4   JR
Sylvan Landesberg    Virginia Shooting Guard            6-6   SO
Gani Lawal           Georgia Tech      Power Forward    6-9   JR
Tommy Mason-Griffin  Oklahoma          Guard            5-11  FR
Daniel Orton         Kentucky          Center           6-10  FR
Patrick Patterson    Kentucky          Power Forward    6-9   JR
Herb Pope            Seton Hall        Power Forward    6-8   SO   
Jeff Robinson        Seton Hall        Forward          6-6   SO   
Lance Stephenson     Cincinnati        Shooting Guard   6-5   FR
Evan Turner          Ohio State        Guard            6-7   JR
Alex Tyus            Florida           Forward          6-8   JR
John Wall            Kentucky          Guard            6-4   FR
Willie Warren        Oklahoma          Guard            6-4   SO
Hassan Whiteside     Marshall          Center           7-0   FR
Chris Wright         Dayton            Forward          6-8   JR
Jahmar Young         New Mexico State  Guard            6-5   JR


[Universe]

They say Wesley Johnson is 50/50 about the NBA.

[Kid Chocolate]

I'd imagine he's going. You don't stay in school when you're a top 5 pick.

[pegs]

...and when you're 22 years old.

[Kid Chocolate]

Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Orton, Patterson all going pro.

[Netted]

Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Orton, Patterson all going pro.

Patterson's mommy says he hasn't made a decision yet.

[GMJ]

Link? It's been all over ESPN for a couple of days now.

[Newark2Brooklyn]

http://ukbigbluenation.wordpress.com/20 ... peaks-out/

Wednesday night, she started getting text messages, voice mails and phone calls from friends congratulating her on her son, Patrick, leaving UK for the NBA.

“I thought, ‘What are you talking about.’ Then I found out UK released a statement saying Patrick and the four freshmen are leaving for the NBA and will declare for the draft,” said Tywanna Patterson Wednesday night. “I said, ‘Really, nobody told me.”

She tried to call her son but could not get him to answer his cell phone. Next she called DeWayne Peevy of the UK sports information office. He told her the statement from UK “wasn’t official” but that coach John Calipari had released a statement that the freshmen along with Patrick would be declaring for the NBA draft and leaving UK.

Once her son called her back, he told her he still intended to think about it a “week or two and then make a decision” just as they planned.

“We were confused people by then,” she said. “I have a problem with it going out and not being official. It is his decision. He has not declared for the draft and once he does he can’t back out because he declared for the draft last year. But I am very upset with all this because the statement Patrick gave to DeWayne, he didn’t know it was being released tonight.’

Tywanna Patterson also tried to call coach John Calipari, but he did not return her phone call.

[Netted]

Leave it to Calipari to want to put their names out there early to help his recruiting... come to KU where you'll be on a path to the NBA and there is plenty of playing time for you with all these guys leaving!

[pegs]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketba ... 6582_x.htm

Samuels is entering, no agent. Solid player, I wouldn't mind picking him up with a late pick

[demens]

Singler out, Babbit in. Thats pretty much everybody With the deadline in a few days only 3 names remain undecided.

Jan Vesely
Donatas Motiejunas (Do Euros have a different deadline?)
Solomon Alabi

[dex]

Love Luke Babbitt. Really hope we grab him. Great shooter, great feel for the game. That dude is really talented. And we need a tweener like him who can be used as a stretch 4 when you have to go with a small lineup.

[CalamityX04]

Pretty sure i saw Alabi's name in an ESPN ticker as a declared prospect.

[kobimel]

Vesely is out:

After consulting with my coach Mr. Dusan Vujosevic, my Agent and my family, who has always been very supportive of me in every decision that I have made in the past, I made the decision not to enter the 2010 NBA Draft.

I have decided to stay and play for my club BC Partizan for the next season.

Basketball is my life, something that is very important to me, and I want to continue to learn more.

My Coach Dusan Vujosevic and all of the staff of BC Partizan have been great to me ever since I have arrived to Belgrade, Serbia. Because of my coaches, my teammates and the best fans in the world, Belgrade is a place that I will always call home.

Playing in the NBA has been my dream since I started to play basketball. But, to be ready for this, I feel now is the time for me to continue to work hard to realize that goal in near future.

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Jan ... raft-3449/

Wise decision. He could really improve after another season with Partizan and coach Vujosevic.

[mb4th]

Donatas Motiejunas is out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010 ... id=5252765