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Pre-Draft Workouts: Whitmore, Pacers, Hornets, Lakers, More

June 1st, 2023 at 10:05am CST by Arthur Hill

The Pacers will host Cam Whitmore for an individual workout on Thursday, according to Wheat Hotchkiss of NBA.com. The Villanova forward is part of a group of prospects that are expected to come off the board shortly after the top three of Victor Wembanyama, Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson. Indiana holds the No. 7 pick in this year’s draft.

The Pacers welcomed Johnell Davis of Florida Atlantic, Adam Flagler of Baylor, Armaan Franklin of Virginia, Nate Laszewski of Notre Dame, Leonard Miller of G League Ignite and Isaiah Wong of Miami to a pre-draft workout on Wednesday, tweets Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files. Davis has since decided to pull out of the draft and return to school.

We have a few more updates on draft workouts:

The Hornets had two six-player sessions already this week. On Tuesday, Charlotte hosted Wake Forest’s Tyree Appleby, Alabama’s Charles Bediako, Furman’s Mike Bothwell, Kentucky’s Chris Livingston, San Diego State’s Nathan Mensah and Arizona’s Courtney Ramey (Twitter link). On Wednesday, the team brought in Arizona State’s Marcus Bagley, Creighton’s Arthur Kaluma, Memphis’ Elijah McCadden, Iowa’s Filip Rebraca, UCLA’s David Singleton and Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe (Twitter link). Kaluma opted on Wednesday to remove his name from the draft pool.
The Lakers hosted a workout Tuesday with Marcus Carr of Texas, Djordjije Jovanovic of the Ontario Clippers, Justyn Mutts of Virginia Tech, Tyger Campbell of UCLA, Anton Watson of Gonzaga and Kevin Obanor of Texas Tech, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN (Twitter link).
Michigan’s Jett Howard worked out for the Rockets this week, tweets Kelly Iko of The Athletic. Howard could be on the board when Houston picks at No. 20.
DePaul forward Javan Johnson had a session with the Nets on Wednesday, his agent told Brian Lewis of The New York Post (Twitter link).
The Warriors brought in UCLA’s Jaime Jaquez for a workout on Tuesday, tweets Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

NBA Reveals Players Expected At 2023 Draft Combine

May 9th, 2023 at 6:36pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The NBA has announced 78 players that are expected to attend this year’s draft combine, scheduled for May 15-21 at in Chicago, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports tweets.

Additionally, a select number of standout players from the G League Elite Camp, which takes place May 13-14 in Chicago, will be invited to participate in the combine.

Players will have interviews with NBA teams and participate in five-on-five scrimmages, as well as shooting, strength and agility drills. Some top prospects opt out of the scrimmages.

Victor Wembanyama, the projected top pick, is not on the list. His French League season is still ongoing.

The list of invitees is as follows:

Trey Alexander (Creighton)
Amari Bailey (UCLA)
Emoni Bates (Eastern Michigan)
Reece Beekman (Virginia)
Anthony Black (Arkansas)
Adem Bona (UCLA)
Kobe Brown (Missouri)
Kobe Bufkin (Michigan)
Toumani Camara (Dayton)
Sidy Cissoko (G League Ignite)
Jaylen Clark (UCLA)
Noah Clowney (Alabama)
Ricky Council IV (Arkansas)
Gradey Dick (Kansas)
Nikola Djurisic (Mega [Serbia])
Zach Edey (Purdue)
Adam Flagler (Baylor)
Keyonte George (Baylor)
Mouhamed Gueye (Washington State)
Coleman Hawkins (Illinois)
Jordan Hawkins (Connecticut)
Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite)
Taylor Hendricks (UCF)
DaRon Holmes II (Dayton)
Jalen Hood-Schifino (Indiana)
Jett Howard (Michigan)
Andre Jackson Jr. (Connecticut)
GG Jackson II (South Carolina)
Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA)
Keyontae Johnson (Kansas State)
Colby Jones (Xavier)
Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
Arthur Kaluma (Creighton)
Mojave King (G League Ignite)
Bobi Klintman (Wake Forest)
Maxwell Lewis (Pepperdine)
Dereck Lively II (Duke)
Chris Livingston (Kentucky)
Seth Lundy (Penn State)
Kevin McCullar (Kansas)
Mike Miles Jr. (TCU)
Brandon Miller (Alabama)
Jordan Miller (Miami)
Leonard Miller (G League Ignite)
Judah Mintz (Syracuse)
Dillon Mitchell (Texas)
Omari Moore (San Jose State)
Kris Murray (Iowa)
Grant Nelson (North Dakota State)
James Nnaji (Barcelona [Spain])
Julian Phillips (Tennessee)
Jalen Pickett (Penn State)
Brandin Podziemski (Santa Clara)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper (Marquette)
Rayan Rupert (New Zealand Breakers [Oceania])
Adama Sanogo (Connecticut)
Marcus Sasser (Houston)
Brice Sensabaugh (Ohio State)
Terrence Shannon Jr. (Illinois)
Ben Sheppard (Belmont)
Jalen Slawson (Furman)
Nick Smith Jr. (Arkansas)
Terquavion Smith (North Carolina State)
Julian Strawther (Gonzaga)
Amen Thompson (Overtime Elite)
Ausar Thompson (Overtime Elite)
Drew Timme (Gonzaga)
Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky)
Azuolas Tubelis (Arizona)
Tristan Vukcevic (Partizan [Serbia])
Jarace Walker (Houston)
Cason Wallace (Kentucky)
Jordan Walsh (Arkansas)
Dariq Whitehead (Duke)
Cam Whitmore (Villanova)
Jalen Wilson (Kansas)
Isaiah Wong (Miami)

Michigan’s Jett Howard Declaring For 2023 NBA Draft

March 23rd, 2023 at 5:22pm CST by Alex Kirschenbaum

Freshman Michigan guard Jett Howard has informed Jonathan Givony of ESPN that he intends to declare for the 2023 NBA draft.

Howard, currently recovering from injuries to both his ankles for the next month, is projected as the No. 15 prospect in Givony’s latest mock draft.

“This was a great learning year for me,” Howard told Givony. “It’s what I needed. It taught me how to play within a pro-style offense and be effective, to get out of my comfort zone, and play with other good players.”

The 6’8″ swingman was named to the All-Big Ten Third Team and All-Freshman Team. Givony adds that, before his ankle ailments, Howard had been considered a possible top-10 selection in this year’s draft. Across 29 games in 2022/23, all starts, he posted averages of 14.2 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.0 APG and 0.7 BPG.

“I’ve had both ankles nagging for a while, so my dad [Michigan head coach and former All-Star big man Juwan Howard] and the coaching staff agreed with the specialist that it’s better for me to get to 100%,” Howard said. “I was only 50-60% [healthy] for most of the Big Ten. My dad being the coach, he is was looking out for me and wanted the best for my health. He understands that ankles are tricky. I met with a specialist after the Big Ten tournament and they wanted me to rehab for four to five weeks.”