News from June 19. Sacramento named Reggie Theus as head coach. Theus was signed to a 3 year contract. Houston named Elston Turner, Jack Sikma, T.R. Dunn, and R.J. Adelman as assistant coaches. Minnesota named John-Blair Bickerstaff as an assistant coach. The NBA released the final list of early entry candidates for the 2007 NBA draft. The draft takes place June 28. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Arron Afflalo (junior, UCLA, guard) Shagari Alleyne (junior, Manhattan, center) Corey Brewer (junior, Florida, forward) Dwight Brewington (junior, liberty, guard) Wilson Chandler (sophomore, DePaul, forward) Mike Conley (freshman, guard, Ohio State) Daequan Cook (freshman, Ohio State, guard-forward) Javaris Crittenton (freshman, Georgia Tech, guard) JamesOn Curry (junior, Oklahoma State, guard) Glen Davis (junior, LSU, center) Kevin Durant (freshman, Texas, forward) Jeff Green (junior, Georgetown, forward) Taurean Green (junior, Florida, guard) Spencer Hawes (freshman, Washington, center) Al Horford (junior, Florida, forward-center) Robert Earl Johnson (freshman, Clinton Junior College, forward) Kellen Lee (sophomore, Los Angeles City College, center) Dominic McGuire (junior, Fresno State, forward) Josh McRoberts (sophomore, Duke, forward) Joakim Noah (junior, Florida, forward-center) Greg Oden (freshman, Ohio State, center) Kendaris Pelton (junior, Southern Mississippi, forward) Gabe Pruitt (junior, USC, guard) Ramon Sessions (junior, Nevada, guard) Jason Smith (junior, Colorado State, forward) Rodney Stuckey (sophomore, Eastern Washington, guard) Marcus Williams (sophomore, Arizona, forward) Sean Williams (junior, Boston College, forward) Brandan Wright (freshman, UNC, forward) Julian Wright (sophomore, Kansas, forward) Nick Young (junior, USC, guard-forward) Thaddeus Young (freshman, Georgia Tech, forward) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2007 are automatically entered into the draft): Ralfi Silva Ansaloni (center, Brazil, 1987) Stanko Barac (center, Bosnia, 1986) Marco Belineli (guard, Italy, 1986) Kyrylo Fesenko (center, Ukraine, 1986) Petteri Koponen (guard, Finland, 1988) Yi Jianlian (center, China, 1987) Underclassmen automatically entered into the draft due to having played for a professional team: Amir Alvarado (Marshalltown CC) Daniel Alves ( Western Nebraska) Marvin Beatty (Trinity Valley CC) Richard Blowe (Essex CC) Mamery Diallo (Gonzaga) Billy Edelin (Syracuse) Hernol Hall (Poland) Alex Hill (Abraham Baldwin College) Dominique Johnson (Walla Walla CC) Melvin Tyler Jones (St. John's) Jamal Joseph (Southern University) Jonas Langvad (Utah) Joe Nieves (Southern Idaho) Ije Nwankwo (Cleveland State) Sened Padilla (Iowa Western JC) Kevin Palacios (South Carolina) Henry Uhegwu (Southern Utah/) Major Wingate (Tennessee) Calvin Wooten (Oakland University) Dayshawn Wright (Syracuse) Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their name from the draft: Rodrigue Beaubois (guard, France, 1988) Roy Bright (junior, Delaware State, guard) Aaron Bruce (junior, Baylor, guard) Jaycee Carroll (junior, Utah State, guard) Dan Coleman (junior, Minnesota, forward) P.J. Couisnard (junior, Wichita State, guard) Sasha Cuic (junior, Oregon State, forward) Chris Daniels (junior, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, center) Hakan Demirei (guard, Turkey, 1986) Romain Duport (center, France, 1986) Drew Gibson (junior, Wofford, guard) Vladimir Goubovic (center, Serbia, 1986) DeVon Hardin (junior, California, center) Rafael Hettsheimeier (forward, Spain, 1986) Roy Hibbert (junior, Georgetown, center) Deyan Ivanov (forward, Spain, 1986) Kaloyan Ivanov (forward, Spain, 1986) Maxym Ivshyn (center, Ukraine, 1986) Leon Jacob (junior, Texas A&M International, guard) Dominic James (sophomore, Marquette, guard) Joseph Jones (junior, Texas A&M, forward) Marcel Jones (junior, Oregon State, forward) Marcelus Kemp (junior, Nevada, guard) Ivan Maras (forward, Montenegro, 1986 Manuchar Markoishvili (guard, Slovenia, 1986) James Mays (junior, Clemson, forward) Bo McCalebb (junior, New Orleans, guard) Tack Minor (junior, LSU, guard) Douglas Angelo Nunes (forward, Brazil, 1987) Caner Oner (forward, Turkey, 1987) Bruce Price (junior, Tennessee State, guard) Shaun Pruitt (junior, Illinois, center) Miroslav Raduljica (center, Serbia, 1988) Ante Tomic (center, Croatia, 1987) Charles Rhodes (junior, Mississippi State, forward) Maureece Rice (junior, George Washington, guard) Brandon Rush (sophomore, Kansas, guard) Nikita Shabalkin (forward, Russia, 1986) Sean Singletary (junior, Virginia, guard) Vladimir Stimac (forward, Latvia, 1987) Gabriel Szalay (center, Sweden, 1986) Spencer Tollackson (junior, Minnesota, forward) Caio Torres (center, Spain, 1987) Isaac Wells (junior, Arkansas State, forward) Terrance Whiters (junior, Arkansas Tech, guard) *Reggie Williams (junior, Virginia Military Institute, forward) Artem Zabelin (center, Russia, 1988) *never formally submitted the paperwork