2013 NBA Draft: List Of Early Draft Candidates Unveiled; Kentucky’s Noel, Michigan’s Burke Tabbed As Early Favorites

The list of the early candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft has been unveiled on Wednesday with Kentucky Wildcats' center Nerlens Noel and Michigan Wolverines star Trey Burke leading the new generation of basketball talents.

There are a total of 77 early entry candidates for the upcoming NBA Draft. 46 players played college basketball in the United States while 31 are international prospects.

According to an early mock draft, Narlens Noel emerged as the top prospect heading into the draft. The Wildcats center averaged 10.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks before going down with an ACL injury.

Scouts reportedly like what they see in Noel, who possessed the length and athleticism to become a major defensive presence in the NBA.

Meanwhile, Trey Burke have gained ground in the latest mock draft after leading the Wolverines back to the National Championship game and winning the Wooden Award.

Burke, who's considered the best point guard in the draft class, will likely go up to no.2 and down to no.5 depending on the result of the lottery.

Other prospects that could storm into the scene in the coming days are Indiana Cody Zeller, Georgetown's Otto Porter, Kansas' Ben McLeMore.

Zeller took a step back in his second season with the Hoosiers, but scouts are still high about the polished skills of the 7-foot center. Porter, on the other hand, is viewed as a terrific perimeter defender and a solid scorer which can make an instant impact for any ball club. On the other hand, teams rave about McLemore's great upside, though he still has to improve consistency.

Russia's Sergey Karasev and France's Rudy Gobert are the early favorites from the International side. Karasev is seen as a solid shooter with a good playmaking skill while the seven-footer Gobert has a raw talent with high potential.

Players can withdraw from the draft until June 17 before the NBA Draft on June 27 in Brooklyn

College Players

Steven Adams, Pitt

C.J. Aiken, St. Joseph's

Anthony Bennett, UNLV

Vander Blue, Marquette,

Lorenzo Brown, N.C. State

Reggie Bullock, North Carolina

Trey Burke, Michigan

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia

Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse

Adrien Coleman, Bethune-Cookman

Allen Crabbe, Cal

Deweyne Dedmon, USC

Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State

Archie Goodwin, Kentucky

Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan

Grant Jerrett, Arizona

Christian Kabongo, New Mexico State

Myck Kabongo, Texas

Shane Larkin, Miami

Ricky Ledo, Providence

Alex Len, Maryland

C.J. Leslie, N.C. State

Nurideen Lindsey, Rider

Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma

Ray McCallum, Detroit

Ben McLemore, Kansas

Tony Mitchell, North Texas

Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Victor Oladipo, Indiana

Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga

Norvel Pelle, Los Angeles College Prep

Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown

Marshawn Powell, Arkansas

Phil Pressey, Missouri

Andre Robertson, Colorado

Joshua Simmons, Spartanburg Methodist (JC)

Trevis Simpson, UNC-Greensboro

Tony Snell, New Mexico

Tahj Tate, Delaware State

John Taylor, Fresno Pacific

Adonis Thompson, Memphis

Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State

B.J. Young, Arkansas

Cody Zeller, Indiana

International Players

Alejandro Abrines, Barcelona

Giannis Adetokunbo, Filathlitikos

Francois Affia Ambadiang, Geoplin Slovan

Nemanja Besovic, Partizan

Bogdan Bogdanovic, Partizan

Matias Bortolin, Arkadia,

Linos Chrysikopoulos, PAOK

Laszlo Dobos, Zaragoza

Dorde Drenovac, Biancoblu

Viktor Gaddefors, Oknoplast Bologna

Rudy Gobert, Cholet

Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Boulogne

Livio Jean-Charles, ASVEL

Sergey Karasev, Triumph

Louis Laveyrie, Paris-Levallois

Raul Neto, Lagun Aro GBC

Philipp Neumann, Brose Baskets

Lucas Riva Nogueira, Estudiantes

Alexandre Paranhos, Flamengo

Artem Pustovyi, Khimik

Bogdan Radosavljevic, Bayern Munich

Marko Ramljak, Zadar

Dario Saric, Cibona

Dennis Schroder, New York Phantoms

Strahinja Stojacic, Smederevo

Walter Tavares, Gran Canaria

Daniel Theis, Ratiopharm

Janis Timma, Ventspils

Marko Todorovic, Barcelona

Axel Toupane, Strasbourg

Adin Vrabac, Spars Sarajevo