NEW YORK, June 17, 2014 – Eighteen players who had declared as early-entry candidates for the 2014 NBA draft have withdrawn. There are 44 collegiate and 13 international prospects that remain eary-entry candidates.

The 2014 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. 

The following player from a U.S. college has withdrawn his name from consideration:

PLAYER                                              SCHOOL

Mychal Ammons                                   South Alabama

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2014 NBA draft:

PLAYER                                              TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Eleftherios Bochoridis                           Aris (Greece)

Matías Bortolin                                      Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)

Nedim Buza                                          Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)

Berkay Candan                                     TED Kolejliler (Turkey)

Joonas Cavén                                        Joventut (Spain)

Moussa Diagne                                      Fuenlabrada (Spain)

Tomas Dimša                                        Zalgiris (Lithuania)

Marcus Eriksson                                    Manresa (Spain)

Ilja Gromovs                                         Ventspils (Latvia)

Rasmus Larsen                                      Manresa (Spain)

Mateusz Ponitka                                    Oostende (Belgium)

Kristaps Porzingis                                  Cajasol (Spain)

Marko Ramljak                                     Zadar (Croatia)

Alejandro Suarez                                   Joventut (Spain)

Devon Van Oostrum                             Vitoria (Spain)

Guillem Vives                                       Joventut (Spain) 

Adin Vrabac                                          Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)

                                   

Following is a list of players from colleges who remain early entry candidates for the 2014 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                              SCHOOL

Jordan Adams                                       UCLA

William Alston                                      CC of Baltimore County Dundalk

Kyle Anderson                                      UCLA

Isaiah Austin                                         Baylor

Chane Behanan                                     Louisville

Sim Bhullar                                           New Mexico State

Khem Birch                                           UNLV

Jabari Brown                                         Missouri

Jahii Carson                                          Arizona State

Semaj Christon                                      Xavier

Jordan Clarkson                                    Missouri

DeAndre Daniels                                   Connecticut

Spencer Dinwiddie                                Colorado 

Joel Embiid                                           Kansas

Tyler Ennis                                            Syracuse

Aaron Gordon                                       Arizona

Jerami Grant                                          Syracuse 

P.J. Hairston                                          Texas (NBA D-League)/North Carolina

Gary Harris                                           Michigan State

Rodney Hood                                        Duke

Nick Johnson                                        Arizona

Alex Kirk                                              New Mexico

Zach LaVine                                         UCLA

James Michael McAdoo                        North Carolina

K.J. McDaniels                                      Clemson

Mitch McGary                                       Michigan

Eric Moreland                                       Oregon State

Johnny O’Bryant III                              LSU

Jabari Parker                                         Duke

Elfrid Payton                                         Louisiana-Lafayette

Julius Randle                                         Kentucky

Glenn Robinson III                               Michigan

LaQuinton Ross                                    Ohio State

Antonio Rucker                                     Clinton JC (SC) 

JaKarr Sampson                                    St. John’s 

Marcus Smart                                        Oklahoma State

Roscoe Smith                                        UNLV

Nik Stauskas                                         Michigan

Jarnell Stokes                                        Tennessee

Noah Vonleh                                         Indiana

T.J. Warren                                           North Carolina State

Andrew Wiggins                                    Kansas

James Young                                         Kentucky

Ta’Quan Zimmerman                            Thompson Rivers (Canada)

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the 2014 NBA Draft:

PLAYER                                              TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Bruno Caboclo                                      Pinheiros (Brazil)

Clint Capela                                          Chalon (France)

Nemanja Dangubic                                Mega Vizura (Serbia)

Danté Exum                                          Australia

Damien Inglis                                        Roanne (France)

Nikola Jokic                                          Mega Vizura (Serbia)

Michalis Kamperidis                             Filathlitikos (Greece)

Artem Klimenko                                   Avtodor (Russia)

Lucas Mariano                                      Vivo Franca (Brazil)

Vasilije Micic                                        Mega Vizura (Serbia)

Jusuf Nurkic                                         Cedevita (Croatia)

Dario Šaric                                            Cibona (Croatia)

Ojars Silinš                                            Reggio Emilia (Italy)

                       

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality

Both of these teams appear to be on a mission. This is the fourth consecutive trip to the Finals for the Heat. Can they win three titles in a row? I have to say yes.

The Spurs, obviously, are so well-coached and might have three Hall of Famers of their own. Is this their last run together? Perhaps.

I'm picking the Heat in seven.

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