News from June 17.

Josh McRoberts (Cha) elected to opt-out of his contract and, thus, is a
free agent.

Charlotte named Steve Hetzel as an assistant coach.

Minnesota named Sam Mitchell as an assistant coach.


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 26.

Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft:
  Jordan Adams (UCLA)
  William Alston (CC of Baltimore County Dundalk)
  Kyle Anderson (UCLA)
  Isaiah Austin (Baylor)
  Chane Behanan (Louisville)
  Sim Bhullar (New Mexico State)
  Khem Birch (UNLV)
  Jabari Brown (Missouri)
  Jahii Carson (Arizona State)
  Semaj Christon (Xavier)
  Jordan Clarkson (Missouri)
  DeAndre Daniels (Connecticut)
  Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado)
  Joel Embiid (Kansas)
  Tyler Ennis (Syracuse)
  Aaron Gordon (Arizona)
  Jerami Grant (Syracuse)
  P.J. Hairston (North Carolina)
  Gary Harris (Michigan State)
  Rodney Hood (Duke)
  Nick Johnson (Arizona)
  Alex Kirk (New Mexico)
  Zach LaVine (UCLA)
  James Michael McAdoo (North Carolina)
  K.J. McDaniels (Clemson)
  Mitch McGary (Michigan)
  Eric Moreland (Oregon State)
  Johnny O'Bryant III (LSU)
  Jabari Parker (Duke)
  Elfrid Payton (Louisiana-Lafayette)
  Julius Randle (Kentucky)
  Glenn Robinson III (Michigan)
  LaQuinton Ross (Ohio State)
  Antonio Rucker (Clinton JC (SC))
  Jakarr Sampson (St. John's)
  Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State)
  Roscoe Smith (UNLV)
  Nik Stauskas (Michigan)
  Jarnell Stokes (Tennessee)
  Noah Vonleh (Indiana)
  T.J. Warren (North Carolina State)
  Andrew Wiggins (Kansas)
  James Young (Kentucky)
  Ta'Quan Zimmerman (Thompson Rivers (Canada))

International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves 
eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2014 are
automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]:
  Bruno Caboclo (Brazil)
  Clint Capela (Switzerland)
  Nemanja Dangubic (Serbia)
  Danti Exum (Australia)
  Damien Inglis (France)
  Nikola Jokic (Serbia)
  Michalis Kamperidis (Greece)
  Artem Klimenko (Russia)
  Lucas Mariano (Brazil)
  Vasilije Micic (Serbia)
  Jusuf Nurkic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  Dario Sarif (Croatia)
  Ojars Silins (Latvia)

Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their 
name from the draft:
  Mychal Ammons (South Alabama)
  Eleftherios Bochoridis (Greece)
  Matias Bortolin (Argentina)
  Nedim Buza (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  Berkay Candan (Turkey)
  Joonas Caven (Finland)
  Moussa Diagne (Senegal)
  Tomas Dimsa (Lithuania)
  Marcus Eriksson (Sweden)
  Ilja Gromovs (Latvia)
  Rasmus Larsen (Denmark)
  Mateusz Ponitka (Poland)
  Kristaps Porzingis (Latvia)
  Marko Ramljak (Croatia)
  Alejandro Suarez (Spain)
  Devon Van Oostrum (Holland)
  Guillem Vives (Spain)
  Adin Vrabac (Bosnia & Herzegovina)


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