The Toronto Raptors have extended the qualifying offer to Nando De Colo.

The Raptors own De Colo's NBA rights.

De Colo played for CSKA last season and won Euroleague MVP.

Dario Saric is expected to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason.

Saric has told reporters he'll be coming to the NBA this season. Saric was the 12th overall pick in 2014.

Saric has also played for Anadolu Efes of Turkey since 2014.

Sources say the 76ers and Saric's reps are working on contract details.

Ekpe Udoh is interested in a return to the NBA after a successful season with Fenerbahce in Turkey.

Udoh has set a deadline early in July free agency to decide the best offer from six NBA teams and two elite Euroleague clubs, Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow. 

“It’s definitely a possibility to come back to the NBA,” Udoh told The Vertical. “I can see myself fitting back today. I have lowered my weight to 240, so I’m even more mobile. I protect the rim, get out in transition and I’m able to play with any team and guard one through five.

“That was a big focal point around the NBA this past season, finishing off the pick-and-roll or hitting the open man. I can fit back in the NBA with whatever decision that I make.”

Udoh was the sixth overall pick by the Golden State Warriors out of Baylor in the 2010 NBA Draft.

Udoh averaged 11.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in 27.3 minutes in Euroleague. 

“Spending this season with Fenerbahce was critical,” Udoh said. “After the previous two years in the NBA, it was difficult to go through injuries and not receiving the chance to play my game. Fenerbahce allowed me to be aggressive, and I got to play for a great coach in [Zeljko] Obradovic. I got to play a lot of minutes and keep my body in shape.

“That was the best thing for my career, bringing back the love and understanding how hard I need to work to be in elite shape.”

Sergio Rodriguez is considering a return to the NBA and the Brooklyn Nets are considered the favorites.

Rodriguez was the 27th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in 2006 who traded his rights to the Portland Trail Blazers. Rodriguez spent three seasons with the Blazers before then playing for the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks.

Since 2010, Rodriguez has had a successful run with Real Madrid in the ACB.

Willy Hernangomez plans to join the New York Knicks on a multiyear contract this summer, his agent Andy Miller said.

“It is my intent to reach an agreement with the Knicks and have Willy come to New York for next season and beyond,” Miller said.

The Knicks acquired the draft rights to Hernangomez last draft night after he was picked 35th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Hernangomez shares the same agent as Kristaps Porzingis.

Alessandro Gentile, one of the Euroleague’s top wing players, is determined to sign an NBA deal this summer, preferably with the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets hired Mike D'Antoni as head coach this offseason and his presence makes the team more appealing to Gentile.

The Rockets own the draft rights to Gentile, a 6-foot-7 perimeter player who was the No. 53 overall pick by Minnesota in 2014.

“My goal is to play in the NBA next year,” Gentile told The Vertical. “I really hope this can happen. For me, Mike D’Antoni is like a legend in Italian basketball, an example for everyone. For him to coach me would be very, very nice.”

Gentile wants to negotiate a deal to join the Rockets. Houston has significant interest in bringing him over this season, but is likely to preserve salary cap space for the start of July free agency before committing to a contract with Gentile, league sources said.

“I have had a chance to grow up in the last year, playing as a captain for an important team like Milan and winning two championships as a leader of the team,” Gentile told The Vertical. “That’s all helped me to improve. The moment is right for me. I’d like to have the chance to try and play in [the NBA].”

The Phoenix Suns will enter negotiations with Bogdan Bogdanovic to bring him over to the NBA.

This is the last year that Bogdanovic would be required to sign on the NBA rookie scale as the Suns' No. 27 draft pick in 2014. That contract could pay him up to $5.7 million over four years, including two team options. The Suns are allowed to contribute as much as $650,000 toward Bogdanovic's buyout from Fenerbahce with Bogdanovic paying the remainder. 

If Bogdanovic does not sign with the Suns this year, they would retain his rights in 2017 but Bogdanovic could then negotiate a contract for any amount with the minimum being his draft year's rookie salary scale. 

Ryan McDonough said the Suns would allow Bogdanovic to have a few days after the Turkish League finals were complete before they talked to him by phone to "figure out before the draft if he's going to come over for next season." 

There are 60 collegiate and 13 international early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA Draft.

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the NBA Draft 2016.

PLAYER, TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Marko Arapovic, Cedevita (Croatia)
Ege Arar, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Edin Atic, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)
Romaric Belemene, Clinicas Rincon (Spain)
Metecan Birsen, Istanbul BSB (Turkey)
Axel Bouteille, Chalon (France)
Ilimane Diop, Laboral Kutxa (Spain)
Youssoupha Fall, Le Mans (France)
Diego Flaccadori, Trento (Italy)
Michael Fusek, Spirou (Belgium)
Marko Guduric, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Egemen Guven, Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Ludvig Hakanson, Sevilla (Spain)
Ognjen Jaramaz, Mega Leks (Serbia)
Alpha Kaba, Mega Leks (Serbia)
Vincent Kesteloot, Aalstar (Belgium)
Emircan Kosut, Efes (Turkey)
Mathias Lessort, Chalon (France)
Luc Loubaki, Orleans (France)
Blaz Mesicek, Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
Aleksej Nikolic, Brose Baskets (Germany)
Adam Pechacek, Koszalin (Poland)
Petar Rakicevic, Metalac (Serbia)
Martynas Sajus, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Jordan Sakho, Torrelodones (Spain)
Wesley Sena, Bauru (Brazil)
Kenan Sipahi, Karsiyaka (Turkey)
Nik Slavica, Cibona (Croatia)
Rolands Smits, Fuenlabrada (Spain)
Emir Sulejmanovic, Barcelona (Spain)
Berk Ugurlu, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Alexander Vezenkov, Barcelona (Spain)
Santiago Yusta, Obradoiro (Spain)

Following is a list of players from colleges and post-graduate institutions who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

PLAYER, SCHOOL

Rosco Allen, Stanford
Tony Anderson, Southeast Missouri State
Brandon Austin, Northwest Florida State
Wade Baldwin, IV Vanderbilt
Anthony “Cat” Barber, North Carolina State
Malik Beasley, Florida State
DeAndre Bembry, St. Joseph’s
Ben Bentil, Providence
Jaylen Brown, California
Lamous Brown, Utah State U-Eastern (CC)
Kareem Canty, Auburn
Robert Carter Jr., Maryland
Marquese Chriss, Washington
Deyonta Davis, Michigan State
Cheick Diallo, Kansas
Kris Dunn, Providence
Henry Ellenson, Marquette
Kay Felder, Oakland
Brannen Greene, Kansas
Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut
Cedric Happi Noube, Virginia Union
Jordan Hare, Rhode Island
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame
Julian Jacobs, USC
Stefan Jankovic, Hawaii
Anthony January, Cal State-San Bernardino
Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
Derrick Jones Jr., UNLV
Nikola Jovanovic, USC
Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
Jermaine Lawrence, Manhattan
Thon Maker, Orangeville Prep/Athlete Institute
Emmanuel Malou, Yuba CC (CA)
Patrick McCaw, UNLV
Zak McLaughlin, Gadsden State CC (AL)
Dejounte Murray, Washington
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Mamadou Ndiaye, UC-Irvine
Chris Obekpa, St. John’s
Goodluck Okonoboh, UNLV
Chinanu Onuaku, Louisville
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Tim Quarterman, LSU
Jalen Reynolds, Xavier
Malachi Richardson, Syracuse
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga
Wayne Selden Jr., Kansas
Ingrid Sewa, Arizona Western College (CC)
Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State
Ben Simmons, LSU
Diamond Stone, Maryland
Isaiah Taylor, Texas
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Aaron Valdes, Hawaii
James Webb III, Boise State
Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
Devin Williams, West Virginia
Troy Williams, Indiana
Stephen Zimmerman, UNLV

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm:

PLAYER, TEAM (COUNTRY*)

Gracin Bakumanya, Antibes (France)
Dragan Bender, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Isaia Cordinier, Denain (France)
Petr Cornelie, Le Mans (France)
Juancho Hernangomez, Estudiantes (Spain)
Furkan Korkmaz, Efes (Turkey)
Timothe Luwawu, Mega Leks (Serbia)
Georgios Papagiannis, Panathinaikos (Greece)
Zhou Qi, Xinjiang (China)
Guerschon Yabusele, Rouen (France)
Rade Zagorac, Mega Leks (Serbia)
Ante Zizic, Cibona (Croatia)
Ivica Zubac, Mega Leks (Serbia)

*Country indicates where team plays, not country of player’s nationality

The Philadelphia 76ers remain hopeful of bringing Dario Saric over for the 16-17 season.

Bryan Colangelo and Brett Brown met with Saric and his agent in Turkey on Wednesday.

“The timing of him coming to the NBA is still in question,” Colangelo told NBA.com Friday while in Treviso, Italy at the addidas Eurocamp.

Colangelo tried to clarify what he told the website on Monday when he was back in Philadelphia.

“It wasn’t pessimistic. It wasn’t optimistic,” he said. "It was somewhat neutral as to whether or not I felt he would be coming over. I still feel that way. 

“I’d like to think our objectives are aligned. What we would like to do is get him in to play for us next year.”

Zhou Qi has reached an agreement with his Chinese team, the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, that will allow him to buy out his contract and join the NBA in 2017, his agent Alex Saratsis confirmed.

After much back and forth, Zhou’s representation in China and the U.S. secured a buyout that will allow him out of his contract at the conclusion of next season for the maximum league mandated amount permitted, which is $650,000. With that hurdle now past him, Zhou will look to find an NBA team that will guarantee to select him in a favorable spot, likely in the first round after one more season in China.

Zhou could also decide to withdraw from this year’s draft and try to improve his standing in 2017.

Zhou is ranked 31st in the 2016 class by Draft Express.