By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
While there are also Europeans who are competing in the NCAA like Ukrainian Svi Mykhailiuk, Greek-American Tyler Dorsey and Turk Omer Yurtseven and have made themselves available to the draft, also 40 more players from Europe entered the draft as a record of 182 players have filed as early entry candidates.
From those 40 players only Frank Ntilikina, Rodion Kurucs and Isaiah Hartenstein are expected to be first round picks and also French big man Jonathan Jeanne is considered a more than interesting prospect. Here’s the full list of the early entrants from Europe.
| Player | Team/Country of Team | Year |
| Ege Arar | Galatasaray (Turkey) | 1996 |
| Laurynas Beliauskas | Neptunas (Lithuania) | 1997 |
| Terrence Bieshaar | Joventut (Spain) | 1997 |
| Simon Birgander | Clavijo (Spain) | 1997 |
| Laurynas Birutis | Vytautas (Lithuania) | 1997 |
| Luka Bozic | Zagreb (Croatia) | 1996 |
| Vlatko Cancar | Mega Leks (Serbia) | 1997 |
| Leo Cizmic | Sevilla (Spain) | 1998 |
| Berkan Durmaz | Tofas (Turkey) | 1997 |
| Martynas Echodas | Siauliai (Lithuania) | 1997 |
| Cyrille Eliezer-Vanerot | Levallois (France) | 1996 |
| Diego Flaccadori | Trento (Italy) | 1996 |
| Tolga Gecim | Banvit (Turkey) | 1996 |
| Yoan Granvorka | Nancy (France) | 1997 |
| Egemen Guven | Karsiyaka (Turkey) | 1996 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | Zalgiris (Lithuania) | 1998 |
| Karlis Helmanis | RTU Riga (Latvia) | 1997 |
| Aleksa Ilic | Buducnost (Montenegro) | 1996 |
| Jonathan Jeanne | Nancy (France) | 1997 |
| Alpha Kaba | Mega Leks (Serbia) | 1996 |
| Verners Kohs | GBA Sparta (Czech Republic) | 1997 |
| Antonios Koniaris | PAOK (Greece) | 1997 |
| Arnoldas Kulboka | Baunach (Germany) | 1998 |
| Rodions Kurucs | Barcelona (Spain) | 1998 |
| Axel Louissaint | Lugano (Switzerland) | 1996 |
| Michail Lountzis | Panathinaikos (Greece) | 1998 |
| Gytis Masiulis | Zalgiris (Lithuania) | 1998 |
| Lovro Mazalin | Zadar (Croatia) | 1997 |
| Regimantas Miniotas | Vytautas (Lithuania) | 1996 |
| Kostja Mushidi | Mega Leks (Serbia) | 1998 |
| Margiris Normantas | Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) | 1996 |
| Frank Ntilikina | Strasbourg (France) | 1998 |
| Elie Okobo | Pau Orthez (France) | 1997 |
| Viny Okouo | Unicaja (Spain) | 1997 |
| Ayberk Olmaz | Istanbul BSB (Turkey) | 1996 |
| Martynas Sajus | Starogard (Poland) | 1996 |
| Borisa Simanic | Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) | 1998 |
| Nik Slavica | Cibona (Croatia) | 1997 |
| Berk Ugurlu | Fenerbahce (Turkey) | 1996 |
| Kristupas Zemaitis | Vytautas (Lithuania) | 1996 |