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Early entries: Who has declared for the 2026 NBA Draft?

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The 2026 draft is projected to be one of the best in recent memory. See the early-entry list for the June ceremony.

The 2026 draft is projected to be one of the best in recent memory. With March Madness in the rearview, we jump-start the process by tracking the players who have decided to put their names in the hat for the June ceremony. Here's the early-entry list as of now: PROJ PLAYER POS SCHOOL AGE #8 Mikel Brown PG Louisville 20 years and 6 days #11 Labaron Philon PG Alabama 20 years and 136 days #13 Karim Lopez SG New Zealand Breakers 18 years and 363 days #21 Chris Cenac PF Houston 19 years and 97 days #24 Dailyn Swain SF Texas 20 years and 268 days #25 Christian Anderson PG Texas Tech 20 years and 7 days #37 Juke Harris SG Wake Forest 20 years and 261 days #43 Ryan Conwell PG Louisville 21 years and 298 days #45 Ebuka Okorie PG Stanford 18 years and 365 days #47 Allen Graves SF Santa Clara 20 years and 98 days #48 Flory Bidunga PF Kansas 20 years and 324 days #51 Jaden Bradley PG Arizona 22 years and 208 days ND Matt Able SG North Carolina St 18 years and 272 days ND Dai Dai Ames SG California 20 years and 281 days ND Mohammad Amini SF SLUC Nancy 20 years and 348 days ND Michael Ayayi PF Butler 22 years and 322 days ND John Blackwell PG Wisconsin 21 years and 105 days ND Terrence Brown PG Utah N/A ND Rowan Brumbaugh PG Tulane 22 years and 33 days ND Chandler Cuthrell PF Elon N/A ND Tre Donaldson PG Miami 22 years and 120 days ND Acaden Lewis PG VIllanova 20 years and 180 days ND Malachi Moreno C Kentucky 19 years and 167 days ND Kashie Natt SG Sam Houston St 23 years and 60 days ND Dennis Parker SF Radford 21 years and 54 days ND Anthony Roy SF Oklahoma St 24 years and 124 days ND Aiden Tobiason SG Temple 19 years and 343 days ND Bryson Tucker SF Washington 19 years and 278 days ND Ernest Udeh C Miami 22 years and 92 days ND LeJuan Watts SF Texas Tech 22 years and 182 days * Projected pick based on our Aggregated Mock Draft (ND = Not Drafted) This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: 2026 NBA draft early entry list revealed