On Monday, the NBA released the names of the 20 players who will be in New York for Thursday’s draft. The draft will be held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. They players are:

• Aaron Gordon (Arizona)

• Adreian Payne (Michigan State)

• Andrew Wiggins (Kansas)

• Dante Exum (Australia)

• Dario Saric (Croatia)

• Doug McDermott (Creighton)

• Elfrid Payton (Louisiana-Lafayette)

• Gary Harris (Michigan State)

• Jabari Parker (Duke)

• James Young (Kentucky)

• Julius Randle (Kentucky)

• Jusuf Nurkic (Bosnia)

• Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State)

• Nik Stauskas (Michigan)

• Noah Vonleh (Indiana)

• Rodney Hood (Duke)

• TJ Warren (North Carolina State)

• Tyler Ennis (Syracuse)

• Zach LaVine (UCLA)

• Shabazz Napier (Connecticut)

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