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NBA Draft 2016: Updated Prospect Big Board Heading into Scouting Combine
- Updated: May 9, 2016
With the NBA playoffs in full swing, the majority of NBA fans are likely enjoying the action but looking forward to the NBA draft in the hopes that their favorite teams will still be playing in May next season.The next big item on the NBA draft calendar is the combine, which is set to run May 11-15. Players will have the opportunity to show off their athleticism, scrimmage and interview with potential future teams.
Some prospects will rise, others will fall and draft big boards could look pretty different come May 17’s NBA draft lottery.Here’s a look at the latest top-30 big-board projections from CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie, ESPN Insider’s Chad Ford and Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman, along with my own rankings of the best players looking to make the leap to the Association (full big boards from each writer can be found at the above links).
For a complete list of prospects invited to the scouting combine, check out NBA.com.
No Combine Necessary for Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons’ spot atop most big boards shows that there is little doubt that he’s the blue-chip, generational prospect from this year’s draft. Simmons averaged 19.2 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game as a freshman with LSU this season, all-around numbers that would make any coach or scout swoon. Though LSU went just 19-14 with Simmons and failed to reach the NCAA tournament, it seems fairly clear that draft evaluators aren’t holding it against him. With his draft status largely secure, Simmons isn’t on the list of players invited to the NBA combine, a development that USA Today’s Derek Bodner noted is part of a larger trend in recent years: “That’s not entirely surprising of course. In fact, it continues a trend in recent years where top prospects have elected to skip the combine, including Anthony Bennett in 2013, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid in 2014 and Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor in 2015.”It does seem worth noting that Duke forward Brandon Ingram, rated nearly as highly as Simmons, is on the list of combine invitees.
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