News from May 17. The NBA released the official list of underclassmen and foreign players under 22 years old who declared themselves eligible. Underclassmen and foreign players under 22 had until May 12 to declare themselves eligible. Players who have declared can remove their name from the draft up to June 19. The NBA draft is June 26. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Brandon Bender (freshman, Louisville, forward) Lee Benson Jr. (freshman, Brown Mackie (KS), center) Rodney Bias (sophomore, Shelton State, forward) Cordell Billups (sophomore, Pierce College, forward) Carlos Boozer (junior, Duke, forward) Curtis Borchardt (junior, Stanford, center) Caron Butler (sophomore, Connecticut, forward) DeAngelo Collins (high school senior, Inglewood High School (CA), forward) Lenny Cooke (high school senior, Central Flint High School (MI), guard) Willie Deane (junior, Purdue, guard) Henry Domercant (junior, Eastern Illinois, guard) Mike Dunleavy Jr. (junior, Duke, guard-forward) Kevin Gaines (sophomore, Houston, guard) Drew Gooden (junior, Kansas, forward) Rod Grizzard (junior , Alabama, guard) Marcus Halip (junior, Tennessee, forward) Rashid Hardwick (freshman, Eastern Oklahoma State, center) Adam Harrington (junior, Auburn, guard) Brandon Hunter (junior, Ohio, forward) Casey Jacobsen (junior, Stanford, guard-forward) Chris Jefferies (junior, Fresno State, forward) Jared Jeffries (sophomore, Indiana, forward) Muhammed Lasege (sophomore, Louisville, center) Tito Maddox (freshman, Fresno State, guard) Kei Madison (sophomore, Okaloosa-Walton CC, forward) Roger Mason Jr. (junior, Virginia, guard) Chris Massie (junior, Memphis, forward) Glen McGowan (sophomore, Pepperdine, forward) Uche Nsonwu-Amadi (junior, Wyoming, center) Uche Okafor (junior, Missouri, center) William Parker (sophomore, Fordham, guard) Marlon Parmer (junior, New Mexico, guard) Giedrius Rinkevicius (high school senior, Bridgton Academy (ME), center) Brandon Roy (high school senior, Garfield High School (WA), guard-forward) Kareem Rush (junior, Missouri, forward) Jamal Sampson (freshman, California, forward) Julian Sensley (freshman, Frenso State, forward) Eddie Shelby (sophomore, Dixie state College, guard) Bobby Smith (junior, Robert Morris, guard) Theron Smith (junior, Ball State, forward) Melvin Steward (junior, Eastern New Mexico, guard) Amare Stoudemire (high school senior, Cypress Creek HS (FL), forward-center) Marcus Taylor (sophomore, Michigan State, guard) Terrell Taylor (junior, Creighton, guard) Dajuan Wagner (freshman, Memphis, guard) Adrian Walton (freshman, Fordham, guard) Joseph Ward (junior, Fort Hays State, guard) Omar Weaver (freshman, Riverside CC (CA), forward) Chris Wilcox (sophomore, Maryland, forward) Troy Wiley (junior, Rhode Island, forward) Frank Williams (junior, Illinois, guard) George Williams (junior, Houston, forward) Jay Williams (junior, Duke, guard) Qyntel Woods (sophomore, NE Mississippi CC, forward) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2002 are automatically entered into the draft). Jose Manuel Calderon (1981, Fuenlabrada (Spain), guard) Boris Diaw (1982, Pau Orthez (France), forward) Peter Fehse (1983, SV Halle (German), center) Andreas Gliniadakis (1981, Panellinois (Greece), center) Maybyner "Nene" Hilario (1982, Vasco da Gama (Brazil), forward) Hakan Koseoglu (1981, Darussafaka (Turkey), guard) Nenad Krstic (1983, Partizan (Yugoslavia), center) Zaur Pachulia (1984, Ulker (Turkey), center) Miljan Pupovic (1983, Hemofarm Vrsac (Yugoslavia), forward) Christos Tapoutos (1982, AEK Athens (Greece), forward) Nikoloz Tskitishvili (1983, Benetton Treviso (Italy), center) Anderson Varejao (1982, F.C. Barcelona (Spain), guard) Argon Xiarchos (1981, Peristeri (Greece), center) Underclassmen who are automatically entered into the draft due to playing for another professional league: Alpha Bangura (junior, St. John's forward) Ted Dupay (junior, Florida, guard) Ermal Kuqo (sophomore, Seminole State (OK), forward-center) Saulius Kuzminskas (freshman, California, forward-center) Travis Robinson (junior, Jacksonville, forward) Israel Sheinfeld (junior, Wright State, forward-center)