Who is your Sports hero on NBA? What NBA are you rooting on in this year’s NBA championship? San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, and Cleveland Cavaliers are just some of the NBA teams that a lot of fans in the world are looking forward to see in the NBA finals and be hailed as the champion in this season. It is not a big surprise also to know individuals out there who badly want to follow the footsteps of their NBA sports heroes, most especially when they dunk on the ring and jump like they are flying without wings.
70 NBA Wannabes Invited for Draft 2016
70 NBA Wannabes Invited for Draft 2016
This news has made big rounds online and got the NBA fans truly excited, most especially the NBA wannabes. This year, more than 70 players from different colleges or clubs have been cordially invited to the latest 2016 NBA Draft Combine, one of the most awaited events of the year that begins in May 11 to May 15 right in Chicago. It can be a starting point or a stepping stone for the NBA wannabes to realize their dream to be a professional NBA player like their sports heroes in the near future.
A new rule that effectively to the Draft this year allows all the players or NBA wannabes to go through the predraft process all the way through the combine. Here, the players who have not signed with any agents have ten days after the said combine to be released or withdraw from the NBA Draft. Among the NBA wannabes that were invited in the said event, one of the most notable prospects who can still possibly drop out of the said draft is Domantas Sabonis, the Gonzaga Big Man, who averaged 17.6 points and 11.8 rebounds as a sophomore. He was projected as the 10th overall pick in Jonathan Wasserman’s latest mock Draft.
NBA Wannabes
All of the top prospects or NBA Wannabes were invited to participate in all the workouts and drills for NBA talent Evaluators other than the international phenom Dragan Bender. These include freshman prodigies like Duke’s Brandon Ingram, LSU’s Ben Simmons, and Jamal Murray, Kentucky 2-guard. The said NBA Wannabes are 3 of the top 5 picks in Jonathan Wasserman’s mock draft. The other basketball stars who stayed in school to effectively thrive as seniors will also be in action right in the Windy City. Among these are Buddy Hield, a product of Oklahoma and Denzel Valentine, a Michigan State standout, in a bid to effectively boost their draft stock.
There are a lot of things that one can expect from the more than 70 NBA Wannabes invited for Draft 2016. There is no any doubt with that given the fact that this years’ NBA Draft 2016 is truly a nice mix of one-year wunderkinds and experienced players which are all going to put their skills and athleticism on display at the combine. One of the participants that you can root on is Simmons, who professionals believe has the talent and skills to be the number one in the overall pick. He would also benefit from the strong combine right after his LSU team has finished with a quite underwhelming 19-14 record.
The following are the list of the names of 63 out of more than 70 NBA Wannabes invited for Draft 2016:
Player, College/Club
- Ron Baker, Wichita State
- Cat Barber, North Carolina State
- Wade Baldwin, Vanderbilt
- Malik Beasley, Florida State
- DeAndre Bembry, St. Joseph’s
- Ben Bentil, Providence
- Jaron Blossomgame, Clemson
- Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
- Joel Bolomboy, Weber State
- Jaylen Brown, California
- Marquese Chriss, Washington
- Robert Carter, Maryland
- Elgin Cook, Oregon
- Deyonta Davis, Michigan State
- Isaiah Cousins, Oklahoma
- Cheick Diallo, Kansas
- Henry Ellenson, Marquette
- Kris Dunn, Providence
- Perry Ellis, Kansas
- Kay Felder, Oakland
- AJ English, Iona
- Dorian Finney-Smith, Florida
- Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut
- Michael Gbinije, Syracuse
- AJ Hammons, Purdue
- Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
- Josh Hart, Villanova
- Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
- Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame
- Brandon Ingram, Duke
- Justin Jackson, North Carolina
- Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
- Brice Johnson, North Carolina
- Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
- Jake Layman, Maryland
- Dedric Lawson, Memphis
- Caris LeVert, Michigan
- Marcus Lee, Kentucky
- Thon Maker, Orangeville Prep/Athlete Institute
- Isaiah Miles, St. Joseph’s
- Patrick McCaw, UNLV
- Malik Newman, Mississippi State
- Jamal Murray, Kentucky
- Georges Niang, Iowa State
- Marcus Paige, North Carolina
- Chinanu Onuaku, Louisville
- Gary Payton II, Oregon State
- Taurean Prince, Baylor
- Jakob Poeltl, Utah
- Zhou Qi Xinjiang, (China)
- Wayne Selden, Kansas
- Malachi Richardson, Syracuse
- Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State
- Diamond Stone, Maryland
- Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
- Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
- Melo Trimble, Maryland
- Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
- Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
- Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
- Troy Williams, Indiana
- Stephen Zimmerman, UNLV
- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
The NBA Draft 2016 is just one of the gateways where NBA Wannabes can use as their stepping point towards realizing their NBA dreams and playing in the NBA championship each season. In this event, they will have the opportunity to hone their playing skills as well as talents aside from the real time opportunity to get discovered by the hottest NBA teams in the whole basketball world today.
