The NBA Draft is only 60 picks, so many players fall through the cracks…especially in a year in which a draft is deep.
The 2015 NBA Draft wasn’t the deepest draft in recent memory, but that doesn’t mean every potential NBA player was all drafted. It’s not the end of the road for these players. They will just need to work a little harder to attain their dream.
Many of these guys will be signed to play in the NBA Summer League. They can showcase their skills in hopes of earning a invite to training camp. Unfortunately for most, they will end up playing overseas or in the NBA Development League. There are still a few every year that surprise everybody and beat the odds to earn an NBA contract.
Here are the best college and international players who went undrafted during the 2015 NBA Draft.
*listed in no particular order
Robert Upshaw – C – Washington
Christian Wood – PF – UNLV
Michael Frazier II – SG – Florida
Jonathan Holmes – SF – Texas
Jordan Sibert – SG – Dayton
Kevin Pangos – PG – Gonzaga
Le’Bryan Nash – SF – Oklahoma State
Brett Comer – PG – Florida Gulf Coast
Sam Thompson – SF – Ohio State
Ryan Boatright – PG – UConn
Cliff Alexander – PF – Kansas
Shannon Scott – PG – Ohio State
Wesley Saunders – SG – Harvard
Mouhammadou Jaiteh – C – France
Michael Qualls – SG – Arkansas
Alan Williams – C – Santa Barbara
Vince Hunter – PF – UTEP
Quinn Cook – PG – Duke
Aaron Harrison – SG – Kentucky
Brandon Ashley – PF – Arizona
Kenneth Smith – PG – La Tech
Dez Wells – SG – Maryland
T.J. McConnell – PG – Arizona
Julian Washburn – SG – UTEP
Mateusz Ponitka – SG – Poland
Treveon Graham – SG – VCU
Chris Walker – PF – Florida
Trevor Lacey – SG – NC State
Chasson Randle – SG – Stanford
Corey Hawkins – SG – UC Davis
Terran Petteway – SG – Nebraska
Darion Atkins – PF – Virginia
Keifer Sykes – PG – Green Bay
Ailun Guo – SG – China
TaShawn Thomas – PF – Oklahoma
Nenad Miljenovoc – PG – Serbia
Briante Weber – PG – VCU
D.J. Newbill – SG – Penn State
Derrick Marks – SG – Boise State
Rayvonte Rice – SG – Illinois
Chavaughn Lewis – SG – Marist
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Bobby Roberts (otherwise known as Sweetbob) is the creator of ‘America’s White Boy’ and contributor at Project Shanks. His writing has been featured on ESPN’s ‘SportsNation’, Sports Illustrated’s Hot Clicks, Guyspeed, and various other sites. You can follow him on Twitter at @Sweetbob.