Tuesday marked the beginning of the 2015 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, with Wednesday standing as the marquee event as far as fans are concerned - prospects were measured for length, height, wingspan and a host of other anthropometric data.
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That's not to say the rest of the week's activities are meaningless, even if the televised 5-on-5 sessions aren't exactly involved enough for fans to suss out who they want their teams to draft in the lottery.
Over the course of the week, NBA teams have been gathering a plethora of information on 63 of the top prospects in the 2015 draft class. They're conducting interviews, performing medical examinations and in the case of most prospects not certain to be taken in the first round, watching players in an actual 5-on-5 setting, something that hasn't been the case the past few years.
While a lot of that information that teams discover will be kept close to the chest - and released as misinformation ahead of the June 25 draft - the NBA knows that there are prospect hounds out there, and along with televising select events, they release some interesting data to the public. Partial results from shooting tests are available online, as are the far more interesting athletic testing results.
Those athletic testing results - though partially incomplete as of Friday - are as follows, sorted from highest vertical leap to lowest:
| PLAYER | Pos/Tm | Lane Agility Time | Shuttle Run | Three Quarter Sprint | Max Vert/Standing Vert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Connaughton | SG/Notre Dame | 10.74% | 3.08 | 3.2 | 44/37.5 |
| Justin Anderson | SF/Virginia | 11.10% | 2.88 | 3.22 | 43/38 |
| Keifer Sykes | PG/Wisc. Green Bay | 10.50% | 3.15 | 3.13 | 43/34 |
| Marcus Thornton | PG/William & Mary | 10.96% | 2.88 | 3.02 | 43/34.5 |
| Ryan Boatright | PG/Connecticut | 10.79% | 3.05 | 3.26 | 41/32 |
| Joseph Young | SG/Oregon | 10.74% | 3.11 | 3.25 | 40.5/34.5 |
| Norman Powell | SG/UCLA | 10.76% | n/a | n/a | 40.5/32.5 |
| J.P. Tokoto | SF/North Carolina | 11.01% | 3.2 | 3.27 | 40/34.5 |
| Michael Qualls | SG/Arkansas | 11.88% | n/a | n/a | 39.5/34 |
| Chasson Randle | PG/Stanford | 10.61% | n/a | n/a | 39.5/33.5 |
| Dez Wells | SG/Maryland | 10.75% | 3.05 | 3.2 | 39/31.5 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | SF/Arizona | 10.51% | 3.19 | 3.12 | 38/32 |
| Terry Rozier | PG/Louisville | 10.88% | 2.84 | 3.15 | 38/33 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | PF-C/Wyoming | 10.89% | 3.01 | 3.25 | 37.5/29 |
| Vince Hunter | PF-C/UTEP | 11.33% | n/a | n/a | 37.5/33.5 |
| Jordan Mickey | PF-C/LSU | 11.80% | 3.13 | 3.28 | 37.5/33 |
| Chris Walker | PF-C/Florida | 11.32% | n/a | n/a | 37/30.5 |
| Kelly Oubre | SF/Kansas | 11.10% | 3.12 | 3.32 | 37/34.5 |
| Richaun Holmes | PF-C/Bowling Green | 11.37% | 3.31 | 3.32 | 36/32.5 |
| Brandon Ashley | PF-C/Arizona | 11.30% | 3.35 | 3.58 | 35.5/31.5 |
| Cameron Payne | PG/Murray State | 10.89% | 2.93 | 3.28 | 35.5/30 |
| Michael Frazier | SG/Florida | 10.80% | 3.02 | 3.32 | 35/24 |
| Aaron White | PF-C/Iowa | 11.62% | 3.15 | 3.38 | 35/30 |
| Sam Dekker | SF/Wisconsin | 10.71% | 2.96 | 3.28 | 34.5/25.5 |
| Branden Dawson | PF-C/Michigan State | 12.37% | 3.53 | 3.2 | 34.5/28.5 |
| Devin Booker | SG/Kentucky | 10.22% | n/a | 3.28 | 34.5/27.5 |
| Jarell Martin | PF-C/LSU | 11.12% | n/a | 3.27 | 34.5/28.5 |
| Aaron Harrison | SG/Kentucky | n/a | n/a | 3.27 | 34.5/28.5 |
| Anthony Brown | SF/Stanford | 11.06% | 3.29 | 3.18 | 34.5/27.5 |
| George Lucas de Paula | PG/Pinheiros | 11.38% | 3.16 | 3.45 | 34/28 |
| Olivier Hanlan | PG/Boston College | 11.36% | 3.12 | 3.25 | 34/28 |
| Rashad Vaughn | SG/UNLV | 11.41% | 3.1 | 3.21 | 34/28 |
| Corey Hawkins | SG/UC-Davis | 10.97% | n/a | 3.51 | 34/28.5 |
| R.J. Hunter | SG/Georgia State | 10.97% | 2.91 | 3.26 | 33.5/27.5 |
| Andrew Harrison | PG/Kentucky | 11.16% | n/a | n/a | 33/26.5 |
| Tyus Jones | PG/Duke | 11.89% | 2.95 | 3.32 | 32.5/26.5 |
| Treveon Graham | SF/VCU | 11.60% | 3.15 | 3.3 | 31.5/28.5 |
| Mouhammadou Jaiteh | C/Nanterre | 12.05% | 3.08 | 3.38 | 31.5/24.5 |
| Bobby Portis | PF-C/Arkansas | 11.71% | n/a | 3.56 | 31.5/25 |
| T.J. McConnell | PG/Arizona | 10.84% | n/a | n/a | 31.5/26 |
| Terran Petteway | SG/Nebraska | 10.96% | 3.1 | 3.32 | 31/25 |
| Quinn Cook | PG/Duke | 11.28% | 3.41 | 3.38 | 31/24.5 |
| Delon Wright | PG/Utah | 11.21% | 3.5 | 3.29 | 31/29.5 |
| Jonathan Holmes | PF-C/Texas | 10.97% | n/a | n/a | 31/25.5 |
| TaShawn Thomas | PF-C/Oklahoma | 11.69% | 3.24 | 3.47 | 30.5/26 |
| Tyler Harvey | SG/Eastern Wash. | 10.52% | n/a | n/a | 28.5/26 |
| Alan Williams | PF-C/UC Santa Barbara | 12.07% | n/a | n/a | 28.5/25.5 |
| Dakari Johnson | C/Kentucky | 11.50% | n/a | 3.62 | 25/22.5 |
| Montrezl Harrell | PF-C/Louisville | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a/n/a |
| Stanley Johnson | SF/Arizona | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a/n/a |
Testing categories
The prospects present were tested for the following:
Lane Agility Time (seconds) - A measure of how quickly a player moves laterally around the key, it involves a player touching a series of pylons set up around the foul lane.
Shuttle Run (seconds) - A measure of how quickly a player runs and how well they control changing directions, it involves a player running east-west-east-west along a portion of the court.
Three-Quarter Court Sprint (seconds) - A straight sprint designed to measure top-end speed and acceleration, it involves a player simply running 75 feet.
Standing Vertical Leap (inches) - A measure of a player's ability to extend as high as possible while standing still, it can be a useful gauge of a player's capacity to protect the rim or contest a shot.
Max Vertical Leap (inches) - A more effective tool for evaluating basketball athleticism, this test allows a player to get a moving start to reach their maximum height.
Absences
Top-10 prospects Jahlil Okafor, Karl-Anthony Towns, Emmanuel Mudiay, Kristaps Porzingis and Mario Hezonja sat out the combine altogether. Their measurements will probably leak from individual team workouts but will be unofficial marks.
Still to come
The combine wraps on Saturday, with 5-on-5 sessions still taking place Friday. Check back early next week for an update on who hurt and helped their stock the most.
