Damian Lillard – G, Weber State (junior) Kendall Marshall – PG, North Carolina (sophomore) Fab Melo – C, Syracuse (sophomore) Khris Middleton – F, Texas A&M (junior) Quincy Miller – F, Baylor (freshman) Tony Mitchell – SF, Alabama (junior) Arnett Moultrie – F/C, Mississippi State (junior) Reeves Nelson – F, UCLA (junior) Nelson left the Bruins in December 2011 and had been playing professionally for Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) before declaring for the draft. Austin Rivers – G, Duke (freshman) Peter Roberson – C, Alabama (junior) Quincy Roberts – G, Grambling State (junior) Thomas Robinson – PF, Kansas (junior) Terrence Ross – G, Washington (sophomore) Avery Scharer – G, Shoreline CC (WA) (sophomore) Renardo Sidney – F, Mississippi State (junior) Jonathon Simmons – G, Houston (junior) Terrell Stoglin – G, Maryland (sophomore) Gerardo Suero – G, Albany (junior) Jared Sullinger – PF, Ohio State (sophomore) Marquis Teague – G, Kentucky (freshman) Joston Thomas – F, Hawaii (junior) Hollis Thompson – F, Georgetown (junior) Rich Townsend-Gant – F, Vancouver Island U (junior) Dion Waiters – G, Syracuse (sophomore) Maalik Wayns – PG, Villanova (junior) Royce White – F, Iowa State (sophomore) D'Angelo Williams – G, Notre Dame (CA) (junior) Tony Wroten – G, Washington (freshman) International players Automatically eligible entrants Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria: They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility. If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated. They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract. Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria: They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1990, are automatically eligible for the 2012 draft. They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract. Draft lottery The first 14 picks in the draft belong to teams that miss the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined the three teams that will obtain the first