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Who’s Testing The NBA Draft?

]]> When it comes to underclassmen in the world of college basketball, some player are forgone conclusions as far as the NBA draft is concerned … others not-so-much.

There was hardly a blink of an eye when Hasheem Thabeet, Ty Lawson and Blake Griffin — for example — announced that they were entering the 2009 NBA Draft.

UCONN Center Hasheem Thabeet hired an agent as is more than ready for the NBA.

UCONN Center Hasheem Thabeet hired an agent as is more than ready for the NBA.

But players like Eric Devendorf and Roderick Flemings (Hawaii … I know …) make us scratch our heads and say, “Huh?”

The NBA Draft is a tricky thing. It’s like Forrest Gump and his box o’ chocolates — “You never know what you’re gonna get.”

The following is a list of underclassmen who have decided to “test” out the NBA Draft. Some have hired an agent, others have not.

Dominique Archie Jr. South Carolina
DeJuan Blair Soph. Pittsburgh Yes
Derrick Brown Jr. Xavier
Chase Budinger Jr. Arizona Yes
Nick Calathes Soph. Florida
Earl Clark Jr. Louisville
Dwayne Collins Jr. Miami
Brandon Costner Jr. N.C. State Yes
Stephen Curry Jr. Davidson Yes
DeMar DeRozan Fr. USC Yes
Eric Devendorf Jr. Syracuse
Devan Downey Jr. South Carolina
Chinemelu Elonu Jr. Texas A&M
Wayne Ellington Jr. UNC Yes
Tyreke Evans Fr. Memphis
Roderick Flemings Jr. Hawaii
Jonny Flynn Soph. Syracuse Yes
Taj Gibson Jr. USC
Blake Griffin Soph. Oklahoma Yes
Daniel Hackett Jr. USC Yes
Luke Harangody Jr. Notre Dame
James Harden Soph. ASU Yes
Paul Harris Jr. Syracuse
Gerald Henderson Jr. Duke
Jordan Hill Jr. Arizona Yes
Jrue Holiday Fr. UCLA
Damion James Jr. Texas
James Johnson Soph. Wake Forest Yes
Mac Koshwal Soph. DePaul
Gani Lawal Soph. Georgia Tech
Ty Lawson Jr. UNC Yes
Jodie Meeks Jr. Kentucky
Tasmin Mitchell Jr. LSU
B.J. Mullens Fr. Ohio State Yes
Patrick Patterson Soph. Kentucky
Scottie Reynolds Jr. Villanova
Donald Sloan Jr. Texas A&M
Tyler Smith Jr. Tennessee
DaJuan Summers Jr. Georgetown Yes
Shawn Taggart Jr. Memphis
Jeff Teague Soph. Wake Forest
Hasheem Thabeet Jr. UConn Yes
Dar Tucker Soph. DePaul Yes
Greivis Vasquez Jr. Maryland
Jarvis Varnado Jr. Miss St
Michael Washington Jr. Arkansas
Jeremy Wise Jr. Southern Miss
Nic Wise Jr. Arizona

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