The NBA has canceled its 2020 G League Elite Camp, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). The event had been scheduled to take place from May 17-19, prior to the draft combine, so there was no expectation it would move forward as planned next week. However, it’s notable that it has been canceled rather than delayed, according to Charania’s report.
In a typical year, the Elite Camp would consist of 40 NBA G League invitees participating in the first half of the event before 40 top draft-eligible players (who weren’t invited to the combine) participate in the second half. The invites would have been sent out to players at the start of May.
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Last year, several draft-eligible prospects who took part in the G League Elite Camp were eventually drafted or received two-way contracts, including Cody Martin, Terance Mann, Justin Wright-Foreman, Tacko Fall, Dewan Hernandez, Oshae Brissett, and Tyler Cook, among others. The event gave non-combine players a chance to audition for NBA evaluators, so the fact that it won’t happen this year may result in some borderline prospects pulling their names from the draft pool.
A number of the G League players who participated in the 2019 Elite Camp also received NBA opportunities during the ’19/20 season, including Juan Toscano-Anderson, Mychal Mulder, and Norvel Pelle.