The NBA sent mandatory invites to 78 players -- including USC's Bronny James -- to the 2024 NBA draft combine.
For the first time ever, all invited players will be required to attend and participate in the NBA draft combine or be ineligible to be drafted, as part of an agreement the NBA Player's Association reached with the NBA in the most recent collective bargaining agreement.
A handful of exceptions do exist, such as being in-season with a club team -- something that will prevent several European projected lottery picks, such as Zaccharie Risacher and Nikola Topic, from participating -- or an injury or family tragedy. Those players will be required to complete Combine activities at a later date.
Sources say NBA-appointed doctors were not able to begin that process until he was formally invited to the draft combine. In past years, players previously referred to the league's fitness-to-play panel -- such as Baylor's Jared Butler and Kansas State's Keyontae Johnson -- were only cleared several weeks prior to the draft.
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