The possible top pick in this year’s draft won’t be attending the combine, says Shams Charania of The Vertical. Lonzo Ball formally told the league he would not participate and several other top prospects are expected to do the same.
As The Vertical’s Bobby Marks explains in a tweet, more and more top picks are refusing to partake in the event, a growing trend over the course of the past five season. Just last season, Ben Simmons refused to participate with no impact on his draft position.
Previously, Karl-Anthony Towns, Joel Embiid, Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins all refused to attend the combine.
Without standardized combine results, teams are on their own to gather medical information about the prospects. Last year, Derek Bodner of USA Today explained what exactly the event consists of.
He don’t wanna get exposed again like Fox exposed him.
Exactly
He’s not even in the NBA yet and I’m tired of hearing about the guys ego and his family’s ego. Silver spooner
To be fair though, he seems pretty level-headed. It’s his idiot dad that’s ruining it for him. He and his brothers are going to be roasted in the NBA and it’s all going to be LaVar’s fault.
Lavar ball told me he already got drafted number one to the Browns tho
He won’t attend but Lavar will be there selling his tee shirts
For 60 bucks… have you seen the prices on Big Baller Brand merchandise? It about made me keel over.