On Tuesday, the NBA unveiled the 69 players that are expected to attend the draft combine from June 21-27 at the Wintrust Arena and Marriott Marquis in Chicago, Illinois.
With the announcement, most of the top prospects in the draft will be in Chicago for 5-on-5 games, strength and agility testing, interviews, measurements and other related on-court exercises. However, some projected first- and second-rounders elected to skip the event.
Of course, players skipping the combine is hardly a new development.
Oftentimes, those expected to be selected within the first few picks will bypass attending since they are projected to be drafted so high. Others will be skipping it this year due to prior obligations in the Olympics, among other reasons.
Rookie Wire took a look at those notable prospects that will not attend the combine this year.