NBA Draft Combine Begins on ESPNU

by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 9:00 AM EDT in NBA Draft 2010 Comment 22 comments

This is basically the extent of what we can look forward to from the NBA Combine, but hey, it's better than nothing.

Today is the first day of the NBA Draft Combine, the now annual Chicago event that ~~pits top college players head-to-head to see who should be drafted highest~~ allows us to know just how tiny Tiny Gallon really is (#SpoilerAlert - Chad Ford says he's still weighing in at about 295).

While Draft Express (via Twitter) has already confirmed that John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, DeMarcus Cousins, Al-Farouq Aminu, Wesley Johnson, Ed Davis, Hassan Whiteside, Cole Aldrich, Ekpe Udoh and even Daniel Orton won't be participating in any basketball related activity, the combine isn't a complete waste.

That's because prospects are still doing interviews with individual teams, undergoing physicals, getting their measurements... measured as well as other athletic testing as well as meeting with the media - so it isn't a total waste of time. It also seems that the remainder of the Combine participants will, you know, participate.

The other intriguing development is that the basketball that does happen will be shown on ESPNU starting at 9am CT today and going until 1pm - if my cable box isn't lying to me, anyway.

SBNation's Derek Bodner, of Liberty Ballers and Draft Express fame, will also be in attendance and alerting us to any important developments as well.

I'm setting the alarm to wake up extra early this morning to watch - if you're doing the same, feel free to let me know in the comments and we can geek out while watching Xavier Henry shoot uncontested jumpers.

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How many times did Hansbrough lose a contact during that interview?

close your eyes dude.

by Aisander D on May 20, 2025 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

Hi h8r.

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by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

But you know I'm right.

by Aisander D on May 20, 2025 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

DE twitter:

Top prospects I’ve confirmed that WILL be participating in everything at the NBA Combine: Xavier Henry, Damion James, Paul George. Who else?

Three guys the Spurs could be interested in with the 20th pick. They worked out George and Henry last week together, and James is a common mock draft match for us at the moment.

Also more recently:

Ekpe Udoh and Cole Aldrich also pulling out of the basketball portion of NBA combine, their agents inform us. They feel like have no choice.

So you can add those names to your list.

The only US college players DE has in their top 14 left doing basketball stuff are Greg Monroe, Ed Davis, and Patrick Patterson.

So there aren’t any Europeans at the combine this year?

by BlaseE on May 20, 2025 11:45 AM EDT reply actions

I think the Europeans are still playing (at least Motiejunas and Seraphin are, anyway).

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by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Riyan Richards is there

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by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Ryan Reynolds?

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by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on May 20, 2025 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Burt Reynolds?

by Aisander D on May 20, 2025 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Burt Bacharach?

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by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on May 20, 2025 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Bacharach Lacrosse?

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by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

La Bouche?

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by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on May 20, 2025 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Be My Lover?

by Aisander D on May 21, 2025 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Both of you lose.

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by Scott Schroeder on May 21, 2025 4:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Tim Varner of 48 Minutes of Hell wrote :

Xavier Henry just told me he is only working out with teams scheduled to draft 7-17.

Wasn’t he in SA last Thursday?

by BlaseE on May 20, 2025 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

According to him, he didn’t go to SA.

by BlaseE on May 20, 2025 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

him being Henry through way of Varner….

by BlaseE on May 20, 2025 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm guessing from here on out

Because yes, that was confirmed… Ford also recently said George outperformed him both in San Antonio and Chicago:

George is another player whose stock is on the rise. That’s in part the result of strong workouts in San Antonio and Chicago against Kansas’ Xavier Henry. Sources say that George wowed onlookers in both workouts

I guess I tend to side with Ford on this, but who knows.

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by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions