38 early entry candidates withdraw from NBA Draft 2026

NEW YORK

– The NBA announced today that 38 players have notified the league that they wish to be removed from the list of “early entry” players eligible for selection in the NBA Draft 2026. Following the NBA’s 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 “early entry” players eligible for selection in the NBA Draft 2026.

The following 35 non-international players have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2026:

Player

School or Team

Height

Status

Matt Able

North Carolina State

6-6

Freshman

Amari Allen

Alabama

6-8

Alijah Arenas

USC

Flory Bidunga

Kansas

6-10

Sophomore

Finley Bizjack

Butler

6-4

Junior

John Blackwell

Wisconsin

Shane Blakeney

Drexel

6-5

Anton Bonke

Charlotte

7-2

Rowan Brumbaugh

Tulane

Elliot Cadeau

Michigan

6-1

Rueben Chinyelu

Florida

Jacob Cofie

Cruz Davis

Hofstra

6-3

Kennard Davis Jr.

BYU

Keanu Dawes

Utah

6-9

Gabe Dynes

7-5

Eian Elmer

Miami (OH)

Jeremy Fears Jr.

Michigan State

6-2

Colby Garland

San Jose State

6-0

Juke Harris

Wake Forest

6-7

Isiah Harwell

Houston

Lou Hutchinson

Alabama A&M

Acaden Lewis

Villanova

John Mobley Jr.

Ohio State

Milan Momcilovic

Iowa State

Malachi Moreno

Kentucky

7-0

Paulius Murauskas

Saint Mary’s

Dennis Parker Jr.

Radford

Sebastian Rancik

Colorado

6-11

Billy Richmond III

Arkansas

Andrej Stojakovic

Illinois

Tyler Tanner

Vanderbilt

Aiden Tobiason

Temple

LeJuan Watts

Texas Tech

Tounde Yessoufou

Baylor

Below is the list of international players who have withdrawn for early entry into NBA Draft 2026.

Team/Country of Team

Bassala Bagayoko

Bilbao (Spain)

2006 DOB

Marc-Owen Fodzo Dada

Nancy (France)

5-11

Alexandros Samodurov

Panathinaikos (Greece)

2005 DOB