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Complete list: Who's In, who's out of 2007 draft? By Chad Ford
This is the time of year when college players begin to declare their intentions for the NBA draft.
For the most part, information received at this time of year is fairly unreliable.
Two years ago at this time, both Chris Paul and Marvin Williams were saying they wanted to return to school. We all know how that went.
But Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer and Josh McRoberts all decided to stay in school last season, and there seems to be a growing desire among players to stick around college for another season, even when their draft stock is high.
College underclassmen as well as international players who don't turn 22 this year have until April 29 to declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft.
Last year, 94 underclassmen and international players declared for the draft. However, 47 withdrew before the deadline, leaving 37 college underclassmen and 10 international players under the age of 22.
Who's in and who's out this year? To find out, I spoke with a number of NBA executives, scouts, NBA player agents and individuals close to players making the decision.
We'll update the list over the course of the next six weeks.
IN THE DRAFT Players who have officially declared for the 2007 NBA draft:
Glen Davis, F, LSU Dominic McGuire, F, Fresno State* Josh McRoberts, F, Duke Chris Daniels, C, Texas A&M-Corpus Cristi*
* To preserve college eligibility, player has not hired an agent
ONE FOOT IN THE DOOR Players who are leaning toward declaring for the draft but haven't officially announced their intentions:
Corey Brewer, SG, Florida Kevin Durant, F, Texas DeVon Hardin, C, California Spencer Hawes, C, Washington Al Horford, PF, Florida Marcelus Kemp, SG, Nevada Ty Lawson, PG, North Carolina Joakim Noah, F/C, Florida Gabriel Pruitt, PG, USC Jason Smith, PF, Colorado State Rodney Stuckey, SG, Eastern Washington Marcus Williams, SF, Arizona Sean Williams, C, Boston College Brandan Wright, PF, North Carolina Nick Young, SG, USC
50-50 Players who are still deciding about whether to declare for the draft:
Arron Afflalo, SG, UCLA Ryan Anderson, PF, California Darrell Arthur, PF, Kansas D. J. Augustin, PG, Texas Chase Budinger, SG, Arizona Earl Clark, SG, Louisville Sherron Collins, PG, Kansas Darren Collison, PG, UCLA Daequan Cook, SG, Ohio State Javaris Crittenton, PG, Georgia Tech JamesOn Curry, SG, Oklahoma State Stephen Curry, SG, Davidson Wayne Ellington, SG, North Carolina Jeff Green, SF, Georgetown Taurean Green, PG, Florida Malik Hairston, SG, Oregon Tyler Hansbrough, PF, North Carolina Paul Harris, SG, Syracuse Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke Richard Hendrix, PF, Alabama Josh Heytvelt, PF, Gonzaga Roy Hibbert, C, Georgetown Dominic James, PG, Marquette Chris Lofton, SG, Tennessee Eric Maynor, PG, Virginia Commonwealth Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, F, UCLA Jawann McClellan, SG, Arizona Tasmin Mitchell, SF, LSU Greg Oden, C, Ohio State Tyrese Rice, PG, Boston College Richard Roby, SG, Colorado Brandon Rush, SG, Kansas Sean Singletary, PG, Virginia Tyler Smith, SF, Iowa Ronald Steele, PG, Alabama Bryce Taylor, SG, Oregon Hasheem Thabeet, C, UConn D.J. White, PF, Indiana Thaddeus Young, SF, Georgia Tech
INTERNATIONAL International players under 22 years old who have declared or who are likely to declare:
Alexis Ajinca, PF, France Stanko Barac, C, Bosnia Nicolas Batum, SF, France Marco Belinelli, SG, Italy Vladimir Dasic, PF, Serbia Goran Dragic, PG, Slovenia Kyrylo Fesenko, C, Ukraine Danilo Gallinari, SF, Italy Vladimir Golubovic, C, Serbia Yi Jianlian, F, China Anton Ponkrashov, PG, Russia Ante Tomic, C, Croatia Artem Zabelin, C, Russia
OUT Players who have officially announced they will return to college next year:
Mario Chalmers, PG, Kansas Mike Conley, PG, Ohio State Brook Lopez, C, Stanford Robin Lopez, C, Stanford Julian Wright, F, Kansas
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.
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