NBA Draft Combine 2011: Measurements Released & Jeremy Tyler Is Long

by Scott Schroeder on May 20, 2025 5:32 PM EDT in NBA Draft 2011

The 2011 NBA Draft Combine measurements have been released by Draft Express following the completion of the annual event at Attack Athletics on Friday morning and, regardless of what everyone thinks of the event itself, the results of these tests will be extensively pored over up until the NBA Draft next month.

The one guy that probably helped himself the most was Jeremy Tyler, a player talked about here on Ridiculous Upside for awhile now due to the route he took to get to this point in his career.

Tyler measured at 6-foot-10½ (with shoes, which is how he plays basketball) and showed his length with a Combine-best 7-foot-5 wingspan and a 9-foot-2½ standing reach, second only to USC Trojans center Nikola Vucevic (9-foot-4½). His 13.4 percent body fat probably wasn't an ideal as he weighed in at 262 pounds, but that shouldn't hurt him considering he was able to show his elite athleticism in the limited drills.

In the vertical measurements, Tennessee Volunteers swingman Scotty Hopson lived up to his name by registering a 33.5" no-step vertical to tie with San Diego State forward Malcolm Thomas. Little Isaiah Thomas, the Washington Huskies point guard who came in measuring under 5-foot-11 with shoes on, showed off a great running vertical of 38.5 inches, tying with the aforementioned Thomas to lead in that category. Thomas also led the Combine with a 12-foot vertical reach (he can reach 12 feet into the air when he jumps, for those confused).

Ohio State's Jon Diebler measured the worst standing vertical at 26.5 inches after being invited as an injury-replacement earlier in the week. Considering that his athleticism isn't what makes or breaks his potential NBA career, though, that probably won't hurt him too much.

In the I'm not sure this really matters, but why not category, Fresno State's Greg Smith had the longest hand at 11.25 inches and widest hand at 12 inches. For comparison's sake, Diebler has an eight-inch long hand.

Among the consensus top picks, Duke's Kyrie Irving came in at 6-foot-3½ in shoes with a 6-foot-4 wingspan, Arizona's Derrick Williams was 6-foot-8¾ in shoes with a 7-foot-1¼ wingspan and Kentucky's (?) Enes Kanter was measured at 6-foot-11¼ in shoes with a 7-foot-1½ wingspan and 9-foot-1½ standing reach.

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Trey Thompkins body fat...

although having watched him with Georgia, I shouldn’t be surprised he’s in that poor of shape. But for him to be that thin, yet that fat, is surprising.

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by Mr. Sanchez on May 21, 2025 8:30 AM EDT reply actions

Ha

I know what you mean. Good thing is it should be easy to turn into muscle. Bad thing is why hasn’t he?

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by Scott Schroeder on May 21, 2025 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't understand why he's still even hanging around the first round

Out of all the big men I’ve looked into, he’s by far the least impressive.

Tyler is going to be a steal in this draft; I just have a feeling. He made a terrible decision to go overseas but he’s clearly one of the most gifted athletes coming out. I have a feeling he’s gonna be a lot like Brandon Jennings in that his stock will be significantly lower than what it should be, and whoever gets him is going to luck out (hopefully it’s the Nuggets).

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by GoldenNugget on May 24, 2025 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions

I plan on writing about Tyler for Wednesday

Stay tuned!

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by Scott Schroeder on May 24, 2025 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

I'll get my red pen ready ;-)

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by Omaha Sun on May 24, 2025 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions

If GoldenNugget is here, I gotta be too

Tyler will rise as workouts proceed, unless he plays terribly. Big men always rise, and he B big!
I was also surprised by Charles Jenkins’s wingspan of 6ft 7.5in - he is known as a undersized SG, but he can already play the point (led his conference in assists) and has excellent size (6-3) strength (220) and length for a PG.

@GN: Unlike Tyler or Nogeira, Jenkins might even be around at pick 22.

by slader on May 24, 2025 9:37 AM EDT reply actions

Haha, what up?

Never thought I’d find a Stiffy here!

As for Jenkins, I obviously like what I see, but I’m not backing down from my premise that we need to take a big with our pick at 22. If either Nogueira or Tyler is around I just can’t see us taking someone else.

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by GoldenNugget on May 25, 2025 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Why's it so weird to find people from other blogs here!?

For what it’s worth, I tend to be more intrigued with Nogueira than I am with Tyler.

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by Scott Schroeder on May 25, 2025 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't know,

small world I guess. I just didn’t think guys from the Nuggets SB Nation blog would be as into the draft as I am.

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by GoldenNugget on May 25, 2025 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Hey make sure you check out Roundball here in the next few days

I’m going to be doing some in-depth draft coverage from our perspective and I need good feedback!

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by GoldenNugget on May 25, 2025 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions

OK I'll try to check it out

Draftexpress now has Jenkins at 25, BTW, first appearance in a Ist round mock.

GN i assume you don’t think much of the bigs Denver already has. I think that Mosgov and Koufos can contribute a lot of rebounds, D and blocks. But we’ll see, if Karl plays them.

IMO, any big better than those we have is going to cost us Felton, at which point we would need a reserve PG anyway.

by slader on May 25, 2025 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Koufos was behind Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic in Minnesota.

Good luck getting him to contribute.

Is Nene gone then?

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by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2025 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Koufos actually played really well when given minute with the Nuggets

I guess the minute he heard he was traded, he packed up all his stuff and drove himself from Minnesota to Denver — that’s how excited he was. I really think he could provide solid minutes as a backup center, but what scares me is the prospect of Nene AND K-Mart leaving, because I just don’t think three white back-ups (Birdman, Mozgov and Koufos) can carry our front-court the entire year, so that’s why I think the Nuggets need to draft a big with their pick.

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by GoldenNugget on May 25, 2025 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Tyler would look good in a Knicks uniform. He has the athleticism to run up and down the court and we could really use another big man. How is his defense?

by AV23 on May 25, 2025 6:18 PM EDT reply actions