The Arizona Wildcats won鈥檛 be represented in NBA Combine scrimmages this week, with guard Caleb Love not invited and forward Carter Bryant opting to sit them out.
Love averaged 11.5 points in two G League Elite Camp scrimmages last weekend at Chicago but was not one of five for the higher-level NBA Combine. He shot 38.1% (1 of 10 from 3-point range) over two games, while averaging 1.0 rebound, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals.
Bryant was one of the 75 players invited to the NBA Combine but, as most projected first-round picks do, has elected to sit out the five-on-five scrimmages.
NBA Draft Combine 5x5 rosters are out. Scrimmages start Wednesday on ESPN.Top 10 prospects playing 5x5 (ESPN Top 100)Yaxel LendeborgMaxime RaynaudTahaad PettifordAlex TooheyMilos UzanBoogie FlandKam JonesDarrion WilliamsJohn TonjeMichael RuzicProjected 2nd rounders鈥
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress)
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Three eventual draft picks from Arizona sat out the combine scrimmages in 2022 鈥 Bennedict Mathurin, Dalen Terry and Christian Koloko 鈥 while Azuolas Tubelis (2023), Pelle Larsson (2024) and Keshad Johnson (2024) have participated in them recently.
But Bryant is still participating in most other combine activities. A 2023 collective bargaining agreement requires invited players to take part in medical exams as well as drills and body measurements plus team and media interviews.
According to ESPN's Jonathan Givony, 6-6 1/2 in bare feet, while weighing 214.8 lbs on Monday. He had a 6鈥11 戮" wingspan and an 8-10 standing reach.
Arizona forward Carter Bryant, right, forces his way past Akron forward Amani Lyles and picks up a foul during the second half of their round of 64 game of the men鈥檚 NCAA Tournament in Seattle on March 21, 2025.
Bryant is testing the NBA Draft and has signed a revenue-sharing agreement to play for Arizona if he does return to college, according to UA coach Tommy Lloyd. But Bryant is projected to land in the middle of the first round, where draftees receive guaranteed two-year deals in the $7-10 million range.
has Bryant at 20 and The Athletic鈥檚 projects Bryant going No. 23 but has Bryant projected to be picked ninth. Analyst John Hollinger also on the top 22 players he posted to his draft board on The Athletic.
鈥淗is freshman year at Arizona started slowly, but by the end, it was clear he was one of the best prospects in his class, even in a low-usage role,鈥 Hollinger wrote, later adding: 鈥淢aybe Bryant isn鈥檛 crazy exciting. But players in this size-skill category get $20 million a year in free agency, so you always draft them if you have the chance.鈥
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