2018 NBA Draft: List of NBA draft combine invites released - SECcountry.com

The list of players invited to the 2018 NBA Draft Combine have been released and there are a number of SEC players who will get to showcase their talents in Chicago. The list was first released by Shams Charania of Yahoo.

Lottery picks such as Collin Sexton and Michael Porter Jr. made the cut as did the likes of Jaylen Barford and Yante Maten. Of the six Kentucky players who declared early for the draft, only Wenyen Gabriel did not receive an invite.

One notable pick who will not attend the combine is Texas A&M's Robert Williams. Many expect Williams to be a lottery pick, and he would thus have little to gain from attending the event. Deandre Ayton and Luka Doncic, the No. 1 and No. 2 prospects in the draft will also not be attending the event, though Doncic's European season is still taking place.

There were also a number of players who declared for the draft who did not get combine invites, like Tyler Davis of Texas A&M and Bryce Brown of Auburn. Without a combine invite, it will be more difficult to get noticed by NBA teams, and thus makes going back to school a more realistic option.

In total, 12 SEC players received an invite to the combine. You can see the full list below, as well as a 2018 NBA mock draft. The combine will take place in Chicago beginning on May 16. The NBA draft lottery will be held on May 15. The 2018 NBA Draft will take place on June 21.

List of players who were invited to the 2018 NBA Draft Combine

Rawle Alkins — Arizona

Grayson Allen — Duke

Kostas Antetokounmpo — Dayton

Udoka Azubuike — Kansas

Marvin Bagley III — Duke

Mohamed Bamba — Texas

Jaylen Barford — Arkansas

Keita Bates-Diop — Ohio State

Tyus Battle — Syracuse

Brian Bowen II — South Carolina

Mikal Bridges — Villanova

Miles Bridges — Michigan State

Bruce Brown Jr. — Miami

Troy Brown Jr. — Oregon

Jalen Brunson — Villanova

Tony Carr — Penn State

Jevon Carter — West Virginia

Wendell Carter — Duke

Hamidou Diallo — Kentucky

Donte DiVincenzo — Villanova

Trevon Duval — Duke

Jacob Evans — Cincinnatti

Bruno Fernando — Maryland

Melvin Frazier Jr. — Tulane

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — Kentucky

Devonte Graham — Kansas

Devon Hall — Virginia

Jaylen Hands — UCLA

Kevin Hervey — UT-Arlington

Aaron Holiday — UCLA

Kevin Huerter — Maryland

Chandler Hutchison — Boise State

Jaren Jackson Jr. — Michigan State

Justin Jackson — Maryland

Alize Johnson — Missouri State

George King — Colorado

Kevin Knox — Kentucky

Sagaba Konate — West Virginia

Caleb Martin — Nevada

Cody Martin — Nevada

Yante Maten — Gerogia

Brandon McCoy — UNLV

De'Anthony Melton — USC

Chimezie Metu — USC

Shake Milton — SMU

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk — Kansas

Malik Newman — Kansas

Josh Okogie — Georgia Tech

Jontay Porter — Missouri

Michael Porter Jr. — Missouri

Billy Preston — Bosnia

Jerome Robinson — Boston College

Mitchell Robinson — High School

Collin Sexton — Alabama

Landry Shamet — Wichita State

Anfernee Simons — IMG Academy

Zhaire Smith — Texas Tech

Omari Spellman — Villanova

Khyri Thomas — Creighton

Gary Trent Jr. — Duke

Allonzo Trier — Arizona

Jarred Vanderbilt — Kentucky

Moritz Wagner — Michigan

Lonnie Walker — Miami

PJ Washington — Kentucky

Austin Wiley — Auburn

Kris Wilkes — UCLA

Kenrich Williams — TCU

Trae Young — Oklahoma

NBA mock draft 2018: Projections, top players by SEC Country

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No.	Team	Player	School/Country	Position	Year
1	Phoenix	Deandre Ayton	Arizona	C	Fr.
2	Memphis	Luka Doncic	Slovenia	SG	Intl.
3	Dallas	Marvin Bagley	Duke	PF	Fr.
4	Atlanta	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Michigan State	C	Fr.
5	Orlando	Michael Porter Jr.	Missouri	SF	Fr.
6	Chicago	Mo Bamba	Texas	C	Fr.
7	Sacramento	Wendell Carter	Duke	C	Fr.
8	Cleveland	Mikal Bridges	Villanova	SF	Jr.
9	New York	Trae Young	Oklahoma	PG	Fr.
10	Philadelphia (via LA Lakers)	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kentucky	PG	Fr.
11	Charlotte	Kevin Knox	Kentucky	SF	Fr.
12	LA Clippers (via Detroit)	Collin Sexton	Alabama	PG	Fr.
13	LA Clippers	Robert Williams	Texas A&M	C	Soph.
14	Denver	Miles Bridges	Michigan State	PF	Soph.
15	Washington	Jontay Porter	Missouri	PF	Fr.
16	Phoenix (via Miami)	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	PG	Jr.
17	Milwaukee	Anfernee Simons	IMG Academy	SG	HS
18	San Antonio	Mitchell Robinson	HS	C	HS
19	Atlanta (via Minnesota)	Lonnie Walker IV	Miami	SG	Fr.
20	Minnesota (via OKC)	Jacob Evans	Cincinnati	SF	Jr.
21	Utah	Gary Trent	Duke	SG	Fr.
22	Chicago (via New Orleans)	Troy Brown	Oregon	SG	Fr.
23	Indiana	Devonte' Graham	Kansas	PG	Sr.
24	Portland	Dzanan Musa	Bosnia & Herznogvina	SF	Intl.
25	LA Lakers (via Cleveland)	Shake Milton	SMU	PG/SG	Jr.
26	Philadelphia	Keita Bates-Diop	Ohio State	SF	Jr.
27	Boston	Khyri Thomas	Creighton	SG	Jr.
28	Golden State	Justin Jackson	Maryland	SF	Soph.
29	Brooklyn (via Toronto)	Hamidou Diallo	Kentucky	SG	Fr.
30	Atlanta (via Houston)	Vince Edwards	Purdue	SF	Sr.

 

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