Monday’s deadline for early-entry players to take their names back out of the draft means the Wolves and every other NBA team now know exactly what they have to choose from.

Austin Daye, Jeff Teague, Patrick Mills and Omri Casspi all stayed in the draft, which is good news for the Wolves with their three first-round picks.

The most notable names among those players who decided to save their draft eligibility for another year are Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody, Texas forward Damion James, Georgie Tech forward Gani Lawal, Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson and Villanova guard Scottie Reynolds.

From that group, Lawal looks like the only certain first-round pick.

Most interesting of the players who stayed in the draft is Florida guard Nick Calathes, who signed with a Greek team but could have pulled his name out hoping a year in Europe would include his draft position next year. If the Wolves keep that final first-round pick, he’s a guy they could take because he could stay in Greece for a year or two, develop and the Wolves wouldn’t have three first-round pick rookies on the team.

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