Forty-four prospects for the 2024 NBA draft were invited to the NBA’s G League Elite Camp, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony (Twitter link).
The list of players is as follows:
- Mark Armstrong (Villanova)
- Adama Bal (Santa Clara)
- Keion Brooks Jr. (Washington)
- Terrell Burden (Kennesaw State)
- Branden Carlson (Utah)
- Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida)
- Isaiah Crawford (Louisiana Tech)
- Yongxi Cui (Guangzhou – China)
- Clarence Daniels (New Hampshire)
- Thierry Darlan (G League Ignite)
- Johnell Davis (Florida Atlantic)
- Garwey Dual (Providence)
- Sean East II (Missouri)
- Jesse Edwards (West Virginia)
- Tristan Enaruna (Cleveland State)
- Allen Flanigan (Mississippi)
- Enrique Freeman (Akron)
- Blake Hinson (Pittsburgh)
- Eli John Ndiaye (Real Madrid – Spain)
- Isaac Jones (Washington State)
- Arthur Kaluma (Kansas State)
- Jaedon LeDee (San Diego State)
- Xaivian Lee (Princeton)
- Jalen Lewis (Overtime Elite)
- KJ Lewis (Arizona)
- Malique Lewis (Mexico City Capitanes)
- Caleb Love (Arizona)
- Baba Miller (Florida State)
- Emanuel Miller (TCU)
- Judah Mintz (Syracuse)
- Matthew Murrell (Mississippi)
- Baye Ndongo (Georgia Tech)
- Jameer Nelson Jr. (TCU)
- Ugonna Onyenso (Kentucky)
- Wooga Poplar (Miami)
- Mantas Rubstavicius (New Zealand)
- Babacar Sane (G League Ignite)
- Isaiah Stevens (Colorado State)
- Jarin Stevenson (Alabama)
- AJ Storr (Wisconsin)
- Nae’Qwan Tomlin (Memphis)
- Bryson Warren (Sioux Falls Skyforce)
- Anton Watson (Gonzaga)
- Jaylen Wells (Washington State)
The field of draft prospects scrimmage for two days in Chicago starting on May 11 ahead of the NBA’s annual draft combine. If players perform well enough, they’re often promoted to the larger combine immediately following the G League Elite Camp. Typically, at least a half dozen players move on.
While the combine usually focuses on the top-ranked players in each draft class, the G League Elite Camp offers opportunity to prospects further down boards who are more likely to go undrafted. Of the 44 names invited to the G League Elite Camp, only 16 rank among ESPN’s top 100 prospects. No prospect ranks higher than No. 48 (Onyenso) on ESPN’s board.
Nine of ESPN’s top 100 prospects have not been invited to Chicago for either event: Armel Traore (France), Zacharie Perrin (France), Andrija Jelavic (Croatia), Yannick Kraag (Netherlands), Tre Mitchell (Kentucky), Ilias Kamardine (France), Dylan Disu (Texas), Riley Minix (Morehead State) and Jonas Aidoo (Tennessee). According to Givony (Twitter link), the NBA might not announce the official list until Monday, so there’s a chance it’s amended.
The G League Elite Camp will give invitees who declared for the draft as early entrants an opportunity to see where they stand ahead of the draft withdrawal deadline on May 29. Not all of the players who participate in this event will remain in the draft pool.
Last year, future NBA players like Hornets forward Leaky Black, Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan, Mavericks forward Alex Fudge, Celtics guard Drew Peterson and Nets guard Jaylen Martin all participated in the event. Other recent notable alums of the event include Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado and Clippers guard Terance Mann.