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The
NBA Draft Combine is a multi-day showcase that takes place every May before the annual June
NBA draft. At the combine,
college basketball players are measured and take medical tests, are interviewed, perform various athletic tests and shooting drills, and play in five-on-five drills for an audience of
National Basketball Association (NBA) coaches, general managers, and scouts. Athletes attend by invitation only. An athlete's performance during the combine can affect perception, draft status, salary, and ultimately the player's career.
The athletic tests include a standing
vertical jump, maximum vertical jump,
bench press, three-quarter-court sprint time, lane agility time, and modified event time.
[1][2] Physical measurements include height with shoes, height without shoes, wingspan, weight, standing reach, body fat, hand length, and hand width.
[3] The shooting tests include spot-up
three-point field goals from various distances (high school, college, and NBA) depending upon position, shooting off the dribble, and timed
jump shots on the move.
[4] Although the NBA Draft Combine is the largest pre-draft gathering for testing and drills, international players can attend a separate Eurocamp at a later date.
[5] Parts of the combine are televised on
ESPNU and
ESPN2.
[5]
Major League Baseball, in coordination with USA Baseball, announced key details announced that this year’s MLB Draft Combine will be held from June 14-20 at San Diego’s Petco Park. As chosen by USA Baseball and Major League organizations, 300 of the top 2022 Draft prospects will receive invites, along with 50 additional invitees.
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The schedule, as announced Wednesday, will work as follows:
June 15-16: Games for high school Combine participants
June 16-17: Strength and performance assessments
June 17-18: Pro-style showcase workouts
There is also a medical evaluation process that players can opt into at the Combine. As laid out in the new collective bargaining agreement, any of the Top 300 prospects who submit to a pre-Draft physical must be offered at least 75 percent of the slot value at their pick. More details, including further activities and the official roster of participants, are coming next week.
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Invited players who choose to participate in this year’s Combine won’t just get to show off their skills in front of Draft decision-makers from all 30 clubs. They’ll also get to interact with a Hall of Famer in Trevor Hoffman; several multi-time All-Stars like Torii Hunter, Eric Davis, Mike Cameron, Dante Bichette and Charles Nagy and former managers/execs in Jerry Manuel, Bo Porter, Mike Scioscia and Omar Minaya.
This year’s edition of the Combine also comes with a new wrinkle for fans. The June 17 session is open to the public from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. local time and is free to those with a ticket. Fans can claim up to four tickets at a time. More information can be found at
www.padres.com/combine.
For those who can't visit Petco for the showcase, there will be complete coverage and analysis of the event on both MLB Network and MLB.com.
Last year’s first-ever Combine, which took place in North Carolina, featured future No. 1 overall pick
Henry Davis alongside fellow Top 100 prospect
Ricky Tiedemann and other high picks like
Benny Montgomery (eighth overall),
Sam Bachman (ninth overall) and
Colson Montgomery (22nd overall) among the 167 participants.
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