News from June 14.

Mickael Pietrus (Pho) exercised his 11-12 option.

The LA Clippers exercised their 12-13 options for Blake Griffin, Eric
Bledsoe, and Al-Farouq Aminu.  The Clippers also extended a qualifying
offer to DeAndre Jordan, making him a restricted free agent.

Sacramento released Jermaine Taylor.

Charlotte named Rich Cho as GM.  Rod Higgins was promoted to director of
basketball operations.


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 23.

Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft:
  Alec Burks (sophomore, Colorado, guard)
  DeAngelo Casto (junior, Washington State, forward)
  Roscoe Davis (freshman, Midland JC, center)
  Mamadou Diarra (junior, Chaminade, center)
  Jeremy Green (junior, Stanford, guard)
  Jordan Hamilton (sophomore, Texas, forward)
  Tobias Harris (freshman, Tennessee, forward)
  Tyler Honeycutt (sophomore, UCLA, forward)
  Scotty Hopson (junior, Tennessee, forward)
  Kyrie Irving (freshman, Duke, guard)
  Reggie Jackson (junior, Boston College, guard)
  Terrence Jennings (junior, Louisville, forward)
  Cory Joseph (freshman, Texas, guard)
  Enes Kanter (freshman, Kentucky, forward)
  Ryan Kelley (sophomore, Colorado, guard)
  Dan Kelm (sophomore, Viterbo, guard)
  Brandon Knight (freshman, Kentucky, guard)
  Malcolm Lee (junior, UCLA, guard)
  Kawhi Leonard (sophomore, San Diego State, forward)
  Travis Leslie (junior, Georgia, forward)
  DeAndre Liggins (sophomore, Kentucky, guard)
  Shelvin Mack (junior, Butler, guard)
  Keishawn Mayes (junior, Campbell, forward)
  Darius Morris (sophomore, Michigan, guard)
  Marcus Morris (junior, Kansas, forward)
  Markieff Morris (junior, Kansas, forward)
  Willie Reed (sophomore, St. Louis, forward)
  Jeremy Richmond (freshman, Illinois, forward)
  Carleton Scott (junior, Notre Dame, forward)
  Josh Selby (freshman, Kansas, guard)
  Iman Shumpert (junior, Georgia Tech, guard)
  Chris Singleton (junior, Florida State, forward)
  Greg Smith (sophomore, Fresno State, forward)
  Isaiah Thomas (junior, Washington, guard)
  Trey Thompkins (junior, Georgia, forward)
  Klay Thompson (junior, Washington State, guard)
  Tristan Thompson (freshman, Texas, forward)
  Nikola Vucevic (junior, Southern California, forward)
  Kemba Walker (junior, Connecticut, guard)
  Antoine Watson (junior, Florida International, guard)
  Derrick Williams (sophomore, Arizona, forward)
  Jordan Williams (sophomore, Maryland, forward)

International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves 
eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2011 are
automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]:
  Davis Bertans (born 1992, Slovenia)
  Bismack Biyombo (born 1992, Spain)
  Nikola Mirotic (born 1991, Spain)
  Donatas Motiejunas (born 1990, Italy)
  Jonas Valanciunas (born 1992, Lithuania)
  Jan Vesely (born 1990, Serbia)


Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their 
name from the draft:
  Andrew Albicy (born 1990, France)
  Furkan Aldemir (born 1991, Turkey)
  Olu Ashaolu (junior, Louisiana Tech, forward)
  Keion Bell (junior, Pepperdine, guard)
  Jacob Blankenship (junior, Southeastern, forward)
  Laurence Bowers (junior , Missouri, forward)
  Nihad Djedovic (born 1990, Italy)
  TyShawn Edmondson (junior, Austin Peay, guard)
  Kim English (junior , Missouri, guard)
  Ashton Gibbs (junior, Pittsburgh, guard)
  Troy Gillenwater (junior, New Mexico State, forward)
  Desmond Holloway (junior, Coastal Carolina, guard)
  Terrell Holloway (junior, Xavier, guard)
  Orlando Johnson (junior, UC-Santa Barbara, guard)
  Reggie Johnson (sophomore, Miami, forward)
  Tiondre Johnson (sophomore, Coastal Bend JC, guard)
  Kevin Jones (junior, West Virginia, forward)
  Terrence Jones (freshman, Kentucky, forward)
  Emmanouil Koukoulas (born 1991, Greece)
  Joffrey Lauvergne (born 1991, France)
  David Loubeau (junior, Texas A&M, forward)
  Abdoulaye Loum (born 1991, France)
  Greg Mangano (junior, Yale, forward)
  Cameron Moore (junior, Alabama-Birmingham, forward)
  Lucas Riva Nogueira (born 1992, Spain)
  Femi Oladipo (born 1990, Germany)
  Darrion Pellum (junior, Hampton, guard)
  J.P. Primm (junior, NC-Asherville, guard)
  Leon Radosevic (born 1990, Croatia)
  Negueba Samake (born 1990, France)
  Ralph Sampson (junior, Minnesota, forward)
  Tornike Shengelia (born 1991, Belgium)
  John Shurna (junior, Northwestern, forward)
  Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990, France)
  Tony Taylor (junior, George Washington, guard)
  Hollis Thompson (sophomore, Georgetown, forward)
  Thomas Tibbs (junior, Staten Island, guard)
  Charlie Westbrook (junior, South Dakota, guard)
  Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann (born 1990, Germany)
  Brandon Wood, junior, Valparaiso, guard)
  Tomislav Zubcic (born 1990, Croatia)


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