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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

18 underclassman pull out of draft

NEW YORK, June 17, 2014  Eighteen players who had declared as early-entry candidates for the 2014 NBA draft have withdrawn.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The following player from a U.S. college has withdrawn his name from consideration: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Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2014 NBA draft: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



Sunday, June 1, 2014

NBA Finals

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.

NBA FINALS
                                                                          National
                                                   Local    EDT    Broadcast

San Antonio vs. Miami

Game 1 – Thu  June  5 Miami at San Antonio               8:00PM   9:00PM     ABC/R
Game 2 – Sun  June  8 Miami at San Antonio               7:00PM   8:00PM     ABC/R
Game 3 – Tue  June 10 San Antonio at Miami               9:00PM   9:00PM     ABC/R
Game 4 – Thu  June 12 San Antonio at Miami               9:00PM   9:00PM     ABC/R
Game 5 * Sun  June 15 Miami at San Antonio               7:00PM   8:00PM     ABC/R
Game 6 * Tue  June 17 San Antonio at Miami               9:00PM   9:00PM     ABC/R
Game 7 * Fri  June 20 Miami at San Antonio               8:00PM   9:00PM     ABC/R

*If necessary

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