Saturday started the process for the NBA to invite certain players to its combine in May and most of the big name players received invites. Guys like Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson and Justin Jackson definitely got an invite, but they are all going to be drafted in the top ten, which is undoubtedly why one of them has decided to skip the combine.
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Sources: Possible top pick Lonzo Ball formally informed NBA today he will skip the Draft Combine. Several top prospects expected to do same.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 29, 2017
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While Ball is a guaranteed top five pick, there are still some warts in his game that teams would probably liked to see addressed at the combine, but he'll have to do that in private workouts it seems.
