The 2020 NBA Draft is two rounds and consists of just 60 picks, so not every good college basketball player will hear his name called. Many NBA teams opt to select players with a higher upside and some of those picks are foreign players they wish to just stash overseas.
There are still some very good players left to sign, but due to the pandemic, there is no Summer League to prove they belong in the league. Also, it’s unknown what sort of Gatorade League will happen for the 2020-21 season. This group of undrafted players will have some unique obstacles in their way.
Guys like Alex Caruso and Quinn Cook won an NBA title this year and they went undrafted in their respective draft classes.
This is not the end of the road for these players. There are many undrafted players in the NBA, so a few of these guys will still make their dreams come true in the future.
Here are the best undrafted players not selected in the 2020 NBA Draft.
Myles Powell – PG – Seton Hall Pirates
Killian Tillie – C – Gonzaga Bulldogs
Devon Dotson – PG – Kansas Jayhawks
Nate Hinton – SG – Houston Cougars
Josh Hall – SF – Moravian Prep (NC)
Markus Howard – PG – Marquette Golden Eagles
Ty-Shon Alexander – PG – Creighton Bluejays
Mason Jones – SG – Arkansas Razorbacks
Nathan Knight – C – William & Mary Tribe
Naji Marshall – PF – Xavier Musketeers
Kaleb Wesson – C – Ohio State Buckeyes
Ashton Hagans – PG – Kentucky Wildcats
Kahlil Whitney – PF – Kentucky Wildcats
Lamine Diane – SF – CSU Northridge Matadors
Freddie Gillespie – PF – Baylor Bears
Mamadi Diakite – PF – Virginia Cavaliers
Malik Fitts – Saint Mary’s Gaels
Lamar Stevens – SF – Penn State Nittany Lions
Anthony Lamb – SF – Vermont Catamounts
Trevelin Queen – SG – New Mexico State Aggies
Trent Forrest – SG – Florida State Seminoles
Yoeli Childs – PF – BYU Cougars
Tres Tinkle – SF – Oregon State Beavers
Nate Darling – SG – Delaware Blue Hens
Omer Yurtseven – C – Georgetown Hoyas
Tyrique Jones – C – Xavier Musketeers
Kristian Doolittle – SF – Oklahoma Sooners
Jon Teske – C – Michigan Wolverines
Rayshaun Hammonds – PF – Georgia Bulldogs
Jordan Ford – PG – St. Mary’s Gaels
Sacha Killeya-Jones – PF – NC State Wolf Pack
Austin Wiley – C – Auburn Tigers
– International –
Abdoulaye N’Doye – PG – France
Karim Mane – SG – Canada
Paul Eboua – PF – Cameroon
Borisa Simanic – PF – Serbia
Loyis Olinde – SF – Germany
Nenad Dimitrijevic – PG – Macedonia
Aleksa Radanov – SG – Serbia
Gytis Masiulis – PF – Lithuania
Also, it appears that rapper Sheck Wes declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft, and to no one’s surprise, he went undrafted. You may know him from his viral song ‘Mo Bamba’.
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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.