News from June 15.

Royal Ivey (Phi) elected to opt-out of his contract and is a free agent.

Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) elected to opt-out of his contract and is a free
agent.


The deadline has past for players who previously declared to withdraw from
the draft.  The NBA released the final official list of underclassmen
and foreigners under 22 years old who declared and didn't withdraw.  The
NBA draft is June 25.

Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft:
  DeJuan Blair (forward, Pittsburgh, sophomore)
  Derrick Brown (forward, Xavier, junior)
  Chase Budinger (forward, Arizona, junior)
  Nick Calates (guard, Florida, junior) 
  Earl Clark (forward, Louisville, junior)
  Kareem Cooper (center, Texas-El Paso, junior)
  Brandon Costner (forward, NC State, junior)
  Stephen Curry (guard, Davidson, junior)
  Austin Daye (forward, Gonzaga, sophomore)
  DeMar DeRozan (forward, Southern California, freshman)
  Eric Devendorf (guard, Syracuse, senior)
  Wayne Ellington (guard, UNC, junior)
  Chinemelu Elonu (forward, Texas A&M, junior)
  Tyreke Evans (guard, Memphis, freshman)
  Jonny Flynn (guard, Syracuse, sophomore)
  Taj Gibson (forward, Southern California, junior)
  Blake Griffin (forward, Oklahoma, sophomore)
  D'mond Grismore (forward, Huston-Tillotson (TX), junior)
  Roger Guignard (guard, Texas-Arlington, junior)
  Daniel Hackett (guard, Southern California, junior)
  James Harden (forward, Arizona State, sophomore)
  Paul Harris (guard, Syracuse, junior)
  Gerald Henderson (guard-forward, Duke, junior)
  Jordan Hill (forward, Arizona, junior)
  Jrue Holiday (guard, UCLA, freshman)
  James Johnson (forward, Wake Forest, sophomore)
  Ty Lawson (guard, UNC, junior)
  Darnell Lindsay (guard, Tennessee Tech, junior)
  Jodie Meeks (guard, Kentucky, junior)
  Nate Miles (forward, Southern Idaho, freshman)
  Patrick Mills (guard, St.  Mary's)
  B.J. Mullens (center, Ohio State, freshman)
  Ronald Ogoke (center, Paul Quinn College (TX), junior)
  Terrence Roderick (forward, Alabama-Birmingham, sophomore)
  DaJuan Summers (forward, Georgetown, junior)
  Shawn Taggart (forward, Memphis, junior)
  Jeff Teague (guard, Wake Forest, sophomore)
  Hasheem Thabeet (center, UConn, junior)
  Dar Tucker (guard, DePaul, sophomore)

International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves 
eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2009 are
automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]:
  Rodrigue Beaubois (guard, France, born 1988)
  Omri Casspi (forward, Israel, born 1988)
  Victor Claver (forward, Spain, born 1988)
  Christian Eyenga (guard, Spain, born 1989)
  Vitor Faverani (forward, Spain, born 1988)
  Sergey Gladyr (guard, Ukraine, born 1989)
  Baris Hersek (forward, Turkey, born 1988)
  Martin Kolikkoli (guard, Tanzania, born 1989)
  Ricky Rubio (guard, Spain, born 1990)
  Ibrahim Yildirim (guard, Turkey, born 1990)

Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their 
name from the draft:
  Amadou Aboubakar Zaki (center, France, born 1988)
  Darion Anderson (guard, Northern Illinois, sophomore)
  Ryan Anderson (guard, Nebraska, junior)	
  Dominique Archie (forward, South Carolina, junior)
  Nemanja Bjelica (forward, Serbia, born 1988)
  Georgios Bogris (forward, Greece, born 1989)
  Dwayne Collins (forward, Miami, junior)
  Kenneth Cooper (forward, Louisiana Tech, junior)
  Vladimir Dasic (forward, Montenegro, born 1988)
  Bryan Davis (forward, Texas A&M, junior)
  Devan Downey (guard, South Carolina, junior)
  Osiris Eldridge (guard, Illinois State, junior)
  Gary Flowers (forward, Chipola JC (FL), sophomore)
  Jonathan Gibson (guard, New Mexico State, junior)
  Kyle Gibson (guard, Louisiana Tech, junior)
  Adam Hanga (forward, Hungary, born 1989)
  Luke Harangody (forward, Notre Dame, junior)
  Kevin Harris (guard, Northwest Mississippi CC, sophomore)
  Damion James (forward, Texas, junior)
  Rudy Jomby (forward, France, born 1988)
  Mac Koshwal (forward, DePaul, sophomore)
  Tanel Kurbas (forward, Estonia, born 1988)
  Gani Lawal (forward, Georgia Tech, sophomore)
  James Lewis (guard, Fresno Pacific, junior)
  Dior Lowhorn (forward, San Francisco, junior)
  Milan Macvan (forward, Serbia, born 1989)
  Ater Majok (forward, UConn, freshman)
  Boban Marjanovic (center, Serbia, born 1988)	
  Sean Miller (forward, Arizona, junior)  [never formally submitted name]
  Tasmin Mitchell (forward, LSU, junior)
  Tim Ohlbrecht (forward, Germany, born 1988)
  Carl Ona Embo (guard, Italy, born 1989)
  Nikolaos Pappas (guard, Spain, born 1990)
  Patrick Patterson (forward, Kentucky, sophomore)
  Anton Ponomarev (forward, Kazakhstan, born 1988)	
  Paulo Prestes (center, Spain, born 1988)
  Miroslav Raduljica (center, Serbia, born 1988)
  Fernando Raposo (forward, France, born 1989)
  Scottie Reynolds (guard, Villanova, junior)
  D.J. Rivera (guard, Binghamton, junior)
  Magnum Rolle (center, Louisiana Tech, junior)
  Evangelos Sakellariou (guard, Greece, born 1989)
  Junior Salters (guard, Wofford, junior)
  Alexandros Sigkounas (forward, Greece, born 1988)
  Donald Sloan (guard, Texas A&M, junior)
  Tyler Smith (forward, Tennessee, junior)
  Jonathan Tavernari (forward, BYU, junior)
  Malcolm Thomas (forward, San Diego City College, sophomore)
  Jarvis Varnado (forward, Mississippi State, junior)
  Greivis Vasquez (guard, Maryland, junior)
  Ludovic Vaty (forward, France, born 1988)
  Martez Walker (forward, Riverside CC (CA), freshman)
  Michael Washington (forward, Arkansas, junior)
  Jeremy Wise (guard, Southern Mississippi)
  Nic Wise (guard, Arizona, junior)
  Artem Zabelin (center, Russia, born 1988)


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