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2024 NBA Draft: UConn’s Donovan Clingan, French prospects among 24 players to accept green room invites

2024 NBA Draft: UConn’s Donovan Clingan, French prospects among 24 players to accept green room invites
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The 2024 NBA Draft is less than a week away and the list of players who have accepted invites to the green room for Wednesday’s draft has been determined, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. The list is headlined by French big man Alex Sarr, Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard and UConn’s Donovan Clingan.

Green room invites are given to the top prospects for each year’s draft and presidents or general managers of NBA teams are given a chance to vote on the top 25 players they think will be selected first. Most players who are given a green room invite are selected in the first round of the draft. 

Out of the 25 players invited last season to the green room, 24 were selected in the first round of the draft. The only player who wasn’t selected in the first round was Rayan Rupert, who was selected No. 43 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Most players who are invited to the green room accept the invitation. Purdue’s Zach Edey, the two-time reigning Naismith Player of the Year, was given an invitation but declined. He will watch the draft from home with his family. Edey is projected as a first-round pick.

Players invited to 2024 NBA Draft green room 

Players who have been given an invite to the green room with their ranking on the CBS Sports Big Board.

RK Player School/Country POS
1 Alex Sarr France C
2 Zaccharie Risacher France SF
3 Reed Sheppard Kentucky SG
4 Donovan Clingan UConn C
5 Stephon Castle UConn PG
6 Dalton Knecht Tennessee SG
7 Rob Dillingham Kentucky PG
8 Nikola Topic Serbia PG
9 Matas Buzelis G League Ignite SF
10 Ron Holland G League Ignite SF
11 Cody Williams Colorado SG
12 Devin Carter Providence PG
13 Isaiah Collier USC PG
14 Jared McCain Duke PG
15 Tidjane Salaun France SF
16 Kyle Filipowski Duke C
17 Carlton Carrington Pittsburgh PG
18 Ja’Kobe Walter Baylor SG
19 Yves Missi Baylor C
20 DaRon Holmes II Dayton PF
23 Zach Edey (declined) Purdue C
24 Tristian da Silva Colorado SF
25 Johnny Furphy Kansas SG
27 Kel’el Ware Indiana C
29 Kyshawn George Miami SG

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