Alex Karaban, Jamir Watkins and Jaylen Wells are among the prospects to watch at this week's NBA draft combine in Chicago.
Hosted at Wintrust Arena on the South side of Chicago, the combine and Elite Camp will put players through drills, measurements, athletic testing, medical examinations, team interviews, and competitive 5-on-5 scrimmaging. The combine offers a significant opportunity for players to improve their standing in front of hundreds of NBA team representatives.
For the first time, the NBA has mandated near-full participation in an agreement reached with the National Basketball Players Association last April. However, the league is giving players the option to decline playing in the scrimmages. Last year, 37 players declined to participate in combine scrimmages, so expect a large number of players to opt out of competing again this week.
A major storyline for the week will be how willingly and fully top prospects participate in team interviews, medical testing, on-court shooting drills and more. If they do not participate in those required measures, they will be ineligible to be drafted.As previously mentioned, players can opt out of 5-on-5 scrimmages as well as select live-action offense-versus-defense drills.
In 2022, the first year this format was put into place, these workouts were heavily attended by NBA decision-makers. Last year, however, attendance seemed to drop off as fewer high-profile prospects participated in the pro days. The central question surrounding Watkins is his shooting ability -- 32% from 3 and 76% from the line during his college career -- making it a critical swing skill in his pathway to an NBA role. The fact he's not a total nonshooter gives him a baseline to work from, and the combine creates an opportunity for Watkins to showcase it in a different context from Florida State, where he was probably overtasked as a scorer at times.
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