Potential No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton will skip this year’s NBA draft combine in Chicago, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). Ayton, Luka Doncic, and Robert Williams are among the potential 2018 lottery picks who won’t be in attendance at the event, which takes place from May 16-20.
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However, the full list of participants obtained by Charania indicates that plenty of top prospects will attend the event, including Marvin Bagley III, Mohamed Bamba, Jaren Jackson Jr., Trae Young, Michael Porter Jr., Collin Sexton, and Wendell Carter Jr. In total, 69 players are on the list of participants expected to attend the combine.
Via Charania, here’s the full list of combine participants sent out to NBA teams this week, in alphabetical order:
- Rawle Alkins
- Grayson Allen
- Kostas Antetokounmpo
- Udoka Azubuike
- Marvin Bagley III
- Mohamed Bamba
- Jaylen Barford
- Keita Bates-Diop
- Tyus Battle
- Brian Bowen II
- Mikal Bridges
- Miles Bridges
- Bruce Brown
- Troy Brown
- Jalen Brunson
- Tony Carr
- Jevon Carter
- Wendell Carter Jr.
- Hamidou Diallo
- Donte DiVincenzo
- Trevon Duval
- Jacob Evans
- Bruno Fernando
- Melvin Frazier
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Devonte’ Graham
- Devon Hall
- Jaylen Hands
- Kevin Hervey
- Aaron Holiday
- Kevin Huerter
- Chandler Hutchison
- Jaren Jackson Jr.
- Justin Jackson
- Alize Johnson
- George King
- Kevin Knox
- Sagaba Konate
- Caleb Martin
- Cody Martin
- Yante Maten
- Brandon McCoy
- De’Anthony Melton
- Chimezie Metu
- Shake Milton
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
- Malik Newman
- Josh Okogie
- Jontay Porter
- Michael Porter Jr.
- Billy Preston
- Jerome Robinson
- Mitchell Robinson
- Collin Sexton
- Landry Shamet
- Anfernee Simons
- Zhaire Smith
- Omari Spellman
- Khyri Thomas
- Gary Trent Jr.
- Allonzo Trier
- Jarred Vanderbilt
- Moritz Wagner
- Lonnie Walker
- PJ Washington
- Austin Wiley
- Kris Wilkes
- Kenrich Williams
- Trae Young
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