The NBA released its official invite list for the 2016 NBA Draft Combine (h/t to Cody Westerlund of CBSChicago.com), which will be held in Chicago from May 11th-15th. The players who were invited to the combine were determined by lists submitted from every team in the league. If a player was not invited to Chicago’s event, it doesn’t bode well for his prospects on draft night. Although, as ESPN’s Jeff Goodman points out (Twitter link), there were five players drafted in 2015 who did not attend last May’s combine.
The combine’s activities will consist of player interviews, testing and five-on-five scrimmaging. A total of 63 draft hopefuls will participate, though projected No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons is not among those headed to Chicago. Other notable voluntary combine absences include Dragan Bender, Domantas Sabonis and Dejounte Murray, who, like Simmons, is represented by agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports.
Listed below in alphabetical order is the complete roster of scheduled combine participants:
- Ron Baker — Wichita State
- Wade Baldwin — Vanderbilt
- Cat Barber — North Carolina State
- Malik Beasley — Florida State
- DeAndre Bembry — St. Joseph’s
- Ben Bentil — Providence
- Jaron Blossomgame — Clemson
- Joel Bolomboy — Weber State
- Malcolm Brogdon — Virginia
- Jaylen Brown — California
- Robert Carter — Maryland
- Marquese Chriss — Washington
- Elgin Cook — Oregon
- Isaiah Cousins — Oklahoma
- Deyonta Davis — Michigan State
- Cheick Diallo — Kansas
- Kris Dunn — Providence
- Henry Ellenson — Marquette
- Perry Ellis — Kansas
- A.J. English — Iona
- Kay Felder — Oakland
- Dorian Finney-Smith — Florida
- Michael Gbinije — Syracuse
- Daniel Hamilton — Connecticut
- A.J. Hammons — Purdue
- Josh Hart — Villanova
- Nigel Hayes — Wisconsin
- Buddy Hield — Oklahoma
- Brandon Ingram — Duke
- Demetrius Jackson — Notre Dame
- Justin Jackson — North Carolina
- Brice Johnson — North Carolina
- Damian Jones — Vanderbilt
- Skal Labissiere — Kentucky
- Dedric Lawson — Memphis
- Jake Layman — Maryland
- Marcus Lee — Kentucky
- Caris LeVert — Michigan
- Thon Maker — Orangeville Prep/Athletic Institute
- Patrick McCaw — UNLV
- Isaiah Miles — St. Joseph’s
- Jamal Murray — Kentucky
- Malik Newman — Mississippi State
- Georges Niang — Iowa State
- Chinanu Onuaku — Louisville
- Marcus Paige — North Carolina
- Gary Payton II — Oregon State
- Jakob Poeltl — Utah
- Taurean Prince — Baylor
- Zhou Qi — China
- Malachi Richardson — Syracuse
- Wayne Selden — Kansas
- Pascal Siakam — New Mexico State
- Diamond Stone — Maryland
- Caleb Swanigan — Purdue
- Melo Trimble — Maryland
- Tyler Ulis — Kentucky
- Jarrod Uthoff — Iowa
- Denzel Valentine — Michigan State
- Isaiah Whitehead — Seton Hall
- Troy Williams — Indiana
- Kyle Wiltjer — Gonzaga
- Stephen Zimmerman — UNLV