The 2021 NBA Combine took place this past week in Chicago and some of the most talented prospects in this year’s draft class put their skills on display for league executives and scouts. From player measurements to agility workouts to strength workouts to live scrimmages, we learned a ton about this year’s draft and some of the names in it.
Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley, Jalen Green, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Kuminga are classified as the “Top-5 guys” in this year’s draft class, but there are still 55 other names that will be called on draft night.
Sure, guys like Cunningham and Green are being classified as All-Star-type talents, but this does not mean that anybody picked later in the draft cannot go on to be a superstar in this league. Khris Middleton, Malcolm Brogdon, Draymond Green and even this year’s MVP Nikola Jokic were all drafted in the second-round of their drafts, proving that there is talent up-and-down the NBA Draft every year.
There are a handful of draft prospects every year that sit out of competing at the combine because they do not want to hurt their “draft stocks” by potentially getting injured, but this gives an opportunity for others to show what they can do.
As a result, we always see plenty of guys make a name for themselves by participating in the skills workouts and even in the 5-on-5 scrimmages that are played! This year was no different and plenty of guys impressed scouts and executives with their play.
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While they did not make this list that we will soon reveal, we do want to give shoutouts to Neemias Queta (Utah State), Joshua Primo (Alabama), Jason Preston (Ohio) and A.J. Lawson (South Carolina) for being guys who have helped their draft stocks significantly over the last few days at the combine for playing hard and taking advantage of others not giving it their all.
With that said, let’s dive right in and take a look at four prospects who improved their stocks the most at the NBA Combine and could potentially sneak into the first-round of the draft as a result!
