Nine international prospects pulled their names out of this year's NBA draft ahead of Monday's deadline, ESPN's Chad Ford reports.
Mathias Lessort, Alpha Kaba, Jordan Sakho, Kenan Sipahi, Ognjen Jaramaz, Emircan Kosut, Diego Flaccadori, Adam Pechacek, and Marko Guduric were the nine players who withdrew from the draft Monday. Of the group, only Lessort, Flaccadori, Jaramaz, Kaba, and Guduric were listed in DraftExpress' Top 100 prospects, with none ranking higher than No. 73.
Dragan Bender - the highest-rated international prospect - opted to keep his name in the draft.
Underclassed NCAA prospects had until May 25 to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.
The 2016 NBA Draft will take place June 23 at Barclays Center.
