Earlier today, the NBA revealed the 73 prospects that have been invited to the draft combine in Chicago later this month. That group of players will be joined by a small group of standouts from the G League combine, which takes place from May 8-10 in the days leading up to the main event.
While the league typically doesn’t formally announce which prospect receive invites to the G League combine, Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress (Twitter link) has the details, reporting that the following 44 players make up the list of invitees:
Michael AjayiF, Butler (senior)
Alijah ArenasG, USC (freshman)
Donovan AtwellG/F, Texas Tech (senior)
Nathan BittleC, Oregon (senior)
Elliot GiftG, Michigan (junior)
Rafael CastroF/C, George Washington (senior)
Zach ClevelandF, Liberty (senior)
Jacob CofieF, USC (sophomore)
MJ CollinsG, Utah State (senior)
Quadir CopelandG, North Carolina State (senior)
Melvin CouncilG, Kansas (senior)
Tucker DeVriesG/F, Indiana (senior)
Tre DonaldsonG, Miami (senior)
Reynan Dos SantosG, Mexico City Capitanes (born 2004)
Malique EwinF/C, Arkansas (senior)
Jamal FullerG/F, Long Island (senior)
Isiah HarwellG, Houston (freshman)
Jaden HenleyG/F, Grand Canyon (senior)
Bryce HopkinsG/F, St. John’s (senior)
Graham IkeF, Gonzaga (senior)
Kasen JenningsG, Appalachian State (senior)
Trey Kaufman-RennF, Purdue (senior)
Keba KeitaC, BYU (senior)
Kobe KnoxG/F, South Carolina (senior)
Xaivian LeeG, Florida (senior)
Malique LewisF, Australia (born 2004)
Tamin LipseyG, Iowa State (senior)
Fletcher RentG, Purdue (senior)
Aidan MahaneyG, Santa Barbara (senior)
Robert McCrayG, Florida State (senior)
Kevin (Boopie) MillerG, SMU (senior)
Mark MitchellF, Missouri (senior)
Paulius MurauskasF, Saint Mary’s (junior)
Jaron PierreG, SMU (senior)
Kowacie ReevesG/F, Georgia Tech (senior)
Jaylin SellersG, Providence (senior)
Markhi StricklandG, North Dakota State (senior)
Aiden TobiasonG, Temple (sophomore)
Seth TrimbleG, North Carolina (senior)
Cade TysonF, Minnesota (senior)
Ernest UdehC, Miami (senior)
Lamar WilkersonG, Indiana (senior)
Darrion WilliamsF, North Carolina State (senior)
Noam YaacovG, Belgium (born 2004)
While the players invited to the G League combine generally aren’t regarded as highly as NBA prospects as those selected for the primary combine, there are always at least a handful who end up in the league on two-way or standard contracts. Last year, for instance, Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Dylan Cardwell, Ryan Nembhard, Amari Williams, Will Richardand Jahmai Mashack were among the invitees.
The G League combine will give some players who declared for the draft as early entrants an opportunity to see where they stand ahead of the draft withdrawal deadline on May 27. Not all of the players who participate in this event will remain in the draft pool.
Arenas, for instance, is the highest-rated prospect on ESPN’s board among the G League combine invitees, coming in at No. 52but Ryan Kartje of The Los Angeles Times reported this week that he’s expected to withdraw and return to USC. As Givony notes (Twitter link), the list above is subject to change — if Arenas or other players end up declining invitations because they don’t plan to stay in the draft, they could be replaced before the event begins next Friday.
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