News from June 16. 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: Cliff Alexander (Kansas, freshman) Justin Anderson (Virginia, junior) Brandon Ashley (Arizona, junior) Devin Booker (Kentucky, freshman) Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky, junior) Sam Dekker (Wisconsin, junior) Michael Frazier II (Florida, junior) Olivier Hanlan (Boston College, junior) Montrezl Harrell (Louisville, junior) Aaron Harrison (Kentucky, sophomore) Andrew Harrison (Kentucky, sophomore) Tyler Harvey (Eastern Washington, sophomore) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Arizona, sophomore) R.J. Hunter (Georgia State, junior) Vince Hunter (UTEP, sophomore) Charles Jackson (Tennessee Tech, junior) Dakari Johnson (Kentucky, sophomore) Stanley Johnson (Arizona, freshman) Tyus Jones (Duke, freshman) Trevor Lacey (North Carolina State, junior) Kevon Looney (UCLA, freshman) Trey Lyles (Kentucky, freshman) Jarell Martin (LSU, sophomore) Chris McCullough (Syracuse, freshman) Jordan Mickey (LSU, sophomore) Luis David Montero (Westchester CC) Jahlil Okafor (Duke, freshman) Kelly Oubre (Kansas, freshman) Ashton Pankey (Manhattan, junior) Cameron Payne (Murray State, sophomore) Terran Petteway (Nebraska, junior) Bobby Portis (Arkansas, sophomore) Michael Qualls (Arkansas, junior) Terry Rozier (Louisville, sophomore) D'Angelo Russell (Ohio State, freshman) Satnam Singh (IMG Academy, Post-Graduate) Jherrod Stiggers (Houston, junior) Deonta Stocks (West Georgia, sophomore) Aaron Thomas (Florida State, junior) J.P. Tokoto (North Carolina, junior) Karl-Anthony Towns (Kentucky, freshman) Myles Turner (Texas, freshman) Robert Upshaw (Washington, sophomore) Rashad Vaughn (UNLV, freshman) Chris Walker (Florida, sophomore) Justise Winslow (Duke, freshman) Christian Wood (UNLV, sophomore) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2015 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Dimitrios Agravanis (Greece) Guillermo Hernangomez (Spain) Mario Hezonja (Spain) Mouhammadou Jaiteh (France) Jonghyun Lee (Korea) Nikola Milutinov (Serbia) Cedi Osman (Turkey) Kristaps Porzingis (Spain) Nikola Radicevic (Spain) Juan Pablo Vaulet (Argentina) Adin Vrabac (Germany) Players who declared and later withdrew: College Jerome Hill (Gardner-Webb, junior) Walter Pitchford (Nebraska, junior) International Alberto Abalde (Spain) Wael Arakji (Lebanon) Eleftherios Bochoridis (Greece) Beka Burjanadze (Spain) Nedim Buza (Bosnia) Alexandre Chassang (France) George de Paula (Brazil) Andrey Desyatnikov (Russia) Moussa Diagne (Spain) Lucas Dias Silva (Brazil) Ognjen Dobric (Serbia) Simone Fontecchio (Italy) Danilo Fuzaro (Brazil) Marc Garcia (Spain) Humberto Gomes (Brazil) Kevin Harley (France) Juan Alberto Hernangomez (Spain) Alpha Kaba (France) Vladislav Korenyuk (Ukraine) Dusan Kutlesic (Serbia) Timothe Luwawu (France) Aleksej Nikolic (Bosnia) Miroslav Pasajlic (Serbia) Anzejs Pasecniks (Latvia) Oriol Pauli (Spain) Djoko Salic (Bosnia) Marko Tejic (Serbia) Aleksandar Vezenkov (Greece) Rade Zagorac (Serbia) Sergiy Zagreba (Ukraine) Alexandr Zhigulin (Spain) Paul Zipser (Germany) GS 105, Cle 97 at Cle Andre Iguodala (GS) had 25 points including 4-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 3-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Festus Ezeli (GS) had 10 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 13-33 FG and 2-10 3-pointers, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 17 points, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 19 points including 5-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle, fractured left knee cap) did not play. Golden State takes the series 4-2 and are the 2015 NBA Champions! Finals MVP: Andre Iguodala (GS) Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 GS (4) __ 8 NO (0) |_ 1 Golden State (4) __ _ 5 Memphis (2) | 4 Por (1) _| |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 5 Mem (4) _ 2 Houston (1) | | | 2 Hou (4) _ | | 7 Dal (1) |_ 2 Houston (4) ___| | _ 3 LA Clippers (3) | 3 LAC (4) _| | 6 SA (3) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 2 Cleveland (2) | 1 Atl (4) _ | 8 Bro (2) |_ 1 Atlanta (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Tor (0) _| | | 5 Was (4) |_ 1 Atlanta (0) ____| _ 2 Cleveland (4) 2 Cle (4) _ | 7 Bos (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) _____| _ 3 Chicago (2) 3 Chi (4) _| 6 Mil (2) Thus ends the 2014-15 season. As such, these NBA daily news reports will occur only when NBA news occurs (or whenever I catch up if I get lazy and fall behind). 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