Before Kuya Marcus Douthit and Andray Blatche, seven other prospects had been considered for naturalization by the Smart Gilas program. They are Jamal Sampson, C.J. Guiles, Dwayne Jones, Milan Vucicevic, Brian Butch, Greg Stiemsma, and Courtney Sims. Most of them had been signed by an NBA team before the naturalization process started and some of them had been dropped out of the pool.
