2012 NBA draft

Draft lottery

Eligibility rules

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2012 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1993.
• Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.
• The basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility. Players who meet the CBA definition of "international players" are automatically eligible if their 22nd birthday falls during or before the calendar year of the draft. U.S. players who were at least one year removed from their high school graduation and have played minor-league basketball with a team outside the NBA are also automatically eligible.
• A player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2012 draft, this date fell on April 29. Under NCAA rules, players will only have until April 10 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility.

Entrants

Early entrants

College underclassmen

• Erik Austin – F, Jackson College
• Harrison Barnes – SF, North Carolina
• Will Barton – G, Memphis
• Bradley Beal – G, Florida
• J'Covan Brown – G, Texas
• Dominic Cheek – G, Villanova
• Jared Cunningham – G, Oregon State
• Anthony Davis – F/C, Kentucky
• Andre Drummond – C, Connecticut
• Dominique Ferguson – F, Florida International
• Justin Hamilton – C, LSU
• Maurice Harkless – F, St. John's
• John Henson – F, North Carolina
• John Jenkins – SG, Vanderbilt
• Perry Jones III – F, Baylor
• Terrence Jones – F, Kentucky
• Xavier Jones – G, Missouri State-West Plains
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – G, Kentucky
• Doron Lamb – G, Kentucky
• Jeremy Lamb – G/F, Connecticut
• Meyers Leonard – C, Illinois
• Damian Lillard – G, Weber State
• Kendall Marshall – PG, North Carolina
• Fab Melo – C, Syracuse
• Khris Middleton – F, Texas A&M
• Quincy Miller – F, Baylor
• Tony Mitchell – SF, Alabama
• Arnett Moultrie – F/C, Mississippi State
• Reeves Nelson – F, UCLA
• *Nelson left the Bruins in December 2011 and had been playing professionally for Žalgiris Kaunas before declaring for the draft.
• Austin Rivers – G, Duke
• Peter Roberson – C, Alabama
• Quincy Roberts – G, Grambling State
• Thomas Robinson – PF, Kansas
• Terrence Ross – G, Washington
• Avery Scharer – G, Shoreline CC (WA)
• Renardo Sidney – F, Mississippi State
• Jonathon Simmons – G, Houston
• Terrell Stoglin – G, Maryland
• Gerardo Suero – G, Albany
• Jared Sullinger – PF, Ohio State
• Marquis Teague – G, Kentucky
• Joston Thomas – F, Hawaiʻi
• Hollis Thompson – F, Georgetown
• Rich Townsend-Gant – F, Vancouver Island U
• Dion Waiters – G, Syracuse
• Maalik Wayns – PG, Villanova
• Royce White – F, Iowa State
• D'Angelo Williams – G, Notre Dame (CA)
• Tony Wroten – G, Washington

International players

Player	Position	Nationality	Team
Furkan Aldemir	F/C	Turkey Automatically eligible entrants Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria: They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility. If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated. They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract. Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria: They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1990, are automatically eligible for the 2012 draft. They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract. Invited attendees The NBA annually invites 10 to 15 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. This season, the following 14 players were invited. All players represented the United States of America. Harrison Barnes, North Carolina Bradley Beal, Florida Anthony Davis, Kentucky Andre Drummond, Connecticut John Henson, North Carolina Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut Meyers Leonard, Illinois Damian Lillard, Weber State Austin Rivers, Duke Thomas Robinson, Kansas Terrence Ross, Washington Dion Waiters, Syracuse Tyler Zeller, North Carolina Trades involving draft picks Pre-draft trades Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams. Draft-day trades The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft