The full list of players invited to the 2018 NBA draft combine was released on Friday, with plenty of SEC players in the mix.
Collin Sexton and Michael Porter Jr. are among the 12 players from the conference that will be in Chicago from May 16-20 to showcase their skills to interested NBA teams.
Texas A&M forward Robert Williams, who declared for the draft and signed with an agent, has opted not to attend the combine.
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Here’s the full combine list:
- Jaylen Barford, Arkansas
- Brian Bowen, South Carolina
- Hamidou Diallo, Kentucky
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
- Kevin Knox, Kentucky
- Yante Maten, Georgia
- Jontay Porter, Missouri
- Michael Porter Jr., Missouri
- Collin Sexton, Alabama
- Jarred Vanderbilt, Kentucky
- PJ Washington, Kentucky
- Austin Wiley, Auburn
Bowen does not intend to sign with an agent, which would allow him to return to South Carolina next season. However, it is still unknown as to where he will be ruled eligible by the NCAA.
Kentucky’s duo of Vanderbilt and Washington also have the opportunity to come back for another season, as could the younger Porter and Auburn center Austin Wiley.
Those players will have until May 30 to withdraw from the process, which would allow them to retain their college eligibility.
The 2018 edition of the NBA draft will take place on June 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.