Iranian forward Mohammad Amini will keep his name in the 2026 NBA draft, agent Xavier Severin tells Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress (Twitter link). Saturday at 5:00 pm ET was the league’s official withdrawal deadline for international early entrants. 

Amini, 21, has spent the past four seasons playing for Monaco and Nancy Basket in France’s top domestic league, the LNB Élite. He averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 and 1.8 assists on .500/.265/.625 shooting splits in 27 games (22.6 minutes per contest) in 2025/26.

Here are a few more notes on international early entrants:

• Vsevolod Ishchenko is also staying in the draft, agent Alex Saratsis tells Givony (Twitter link). The Russian wing averaged 8.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.0 APG and 1.3 SPG on .506/.451/.781 shooting in 48 games (23.6 MPG) this past season for Lokomotiv Kuban. He’s ranked 60th on ESPN’s big board, making him a potential second-round pick. 
• Italy’s Francesco Ferrari has withdrawn from the draft after gauging the interest from NBA team ahead of Saturday’s deadline, according to BasketNews contributor Orazio Francesco Cauchi (Twitter link). Ferrarri, who reportedly interviewed with the Pistons, Hawks and Bucks, played for Virtus Bologna in the Lega Basket Serie A last season, averaging 4.4 PPG and 2.2 RPG in 11 games (10.2 MPG).
• Italian center Luigi Suigo, who withdrew from the draft and committed to playing for Villanova next season, discussed his decision in a recent interview with Sky Sport, as Iacopo De Santis of Pianeta Basket relays. “Unfortunately, two or three days before the draft combine, I sprained my ankle in practice. I couldn’t participate in the drills, which I believe would have significantly raised my draft stock,” Suigo said in part. “I did a few workouts; I trained with the Wizards, Spurs, and Celtics. They went well. My plan was to remain in the draft if I had a guarantee of being selected within the top 20 picks. I have a lot of confidence in myself. And now, the important thing is to work hard. Villanova will be a place where I can do that very well. [If I had stayed in the draft] I could have remained in the first round, possibly with Boston (No. 27). But I don’t want to rush things. I decided to get an extra year of development, and to declare again next year for a higher pick. The earlier you are drafted, the more a franchise is committed to your development.”
• As our early entrant tracker shows, Serbian center Pavle Backo is the only international prospect we haven’t seen an update on regarding whether he stayed in or withdrew from the draft. The NBA will reveal its official list of early entrants within the next few days.