2023 NBA Draft: Grading the Remaining Early Entry Candidates
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The 2023 NBA Draft is less than one week away, as new faces are set to enter the league and make an impact both immediately and long-term.
Following several waves of withdrawals, there are now just 84 players from colleges that remain early entry candidates, along with eight international. This does not include other programs such as Overtime Elite or G League Ignite, meaning prospects like Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, Scoot Henderson and others won't be graded. Furthermore, prospect that have exhausted their collegiate eligibility are automatically eligible for the draft and are not included in early entry lists.
Let's take a look at the remaining early entry candidates and where they stack up in terms of projected draft night tiers:
Round 1 Grades
- Amari Bailey: UCLA
- Anthony Black: Arkansas
- Kobe Bufkin: Michigan
- Noah Clowney: Alabama
- Gradey Dick: Kansas
- Keyonte George: Baylor
- Jordan Hawkins: Connecticut
- Taylor Hendricks: UCF
- Jalen Hood-Schifino: Indiana
- Jett Howard: Michigan
- GG Jackson: South Carolina
- Colby Jones: Xavier
- Maxwell Lewis: Pepperdine
- Dereck Lively II: Duke
- Brandon Miller: Alabama
- Kris Murray: Iowa
- Julian Phillips: Tennessee
- Brandin Podziemski: Santa Clara
- Olivier-Maxence Prosper: Marquette
- Brice Sensabaugh: Ohio State
- Ben Sheppard: Belmont
- Nick Smith Jr.: Arkansas
- Jarace Walker: Houston
- Cason Wallace: Kentucky
- Jordan Walsh: Arkansas
- Dariq Whitehead: Duke
- Cam Whitmore: Villanova
- Bilal Coulibaly: Levallois (France)
- James Nnaji: Barcelona (Spain)
- Rayan Rupert: New Zealand (Australia)
- Victor Wembanyama: Levallois (France)
Round 2 Grades
- Emoni Bates: Eastern Michigan
- Charles Bediako: Alabama
- Kobe Brown: Missouri
- Toumani Camara: Dayton
- Jaylen Clark: UCLA
- Ricky Council IV: Arkansas
- Tosan Evbuomwan: Princeton
- Adam Flagler: Baylor
- Alex Fudge: Florida
- Mouhamed Gueye: Washington State
- Andre Jackson Jr.: Connecticut
- Trayce Jackson-Davis: Indiana
- Jaime Jaquez Jr.: UCLA
- Keyontae Johnson: Kansas State
- Chris Livingston: Kentucky
- Seth Lundy: Penn State
- Mike Miles Jr.: TCU
- Omari Moore: San Jose State
- Landers Nolley II: Cincinnati
- Adama Sanogo: Connecticut
- Marcus Sasser: Houston
- Terquavion Smith: NC State
- Julian Strawther: Gonzaga
- Drew Timme: Gonzaga
- Oscar Tshiebwe: Kentucky
- Azuolas Tubelis: Arizona
- Jalen Wilson: Kansas
- Isaiah Wong: Miami
- Nadir Hifi: Le Portel (France)
- Tristan Vukcevic: Partizan (Serbia)
Undrafted Free Agent Grades
- Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu: Memphis
- Damezi Anderson Jr.: Detroit
- Chase Audige: Northwestern
- Marcus Bagley: Arizona State
- Grant Basile: Virginia Tech
- Manny Bates: Butler
- Damion Baugh: TCU
- Tyger Campbell: UCLA
- Yuri Collins: Saint Louis
- Alou Dillon: Purdue-Northwest
- Armaan Franklin: Virginia
- Myron Gardner: Little Rock
- Wendell Green Jr.: Auburn
- De’Vion Harmon: Texas Tech
- Joey Hauser: Michigan State
- Jackson Kenyon: Miami (OH)
- Demetrius Mims: Gannon (PA)
- Jack Nunge: Xavier
- Nick Ongenda: DePaul
- Uros Plavsic: Tennessee
- Justin Powell: Washington State
- Terry Roberts: Georgia
- Grant Sherfield: Oklahoma
- Dontrell Shuler: Cal State San Bernardino
- Malachi Smith: Gonzaga
- Justice Sueing: Ohio State
- Jacob Toppin: Kentucky
- Tyler Willoughby: Voorhees (SC)
- Tyrese Wineglass: Southwestern Adventist (TX)
- Marcio Santos: Sesi Franca (Brazil)
- Enzo Shahrvin: Pau Orthez (France)
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