The official list of names has been announced for the virtual 2021 NBA Draft combine and former Ohio State big man Kaleb Wesson will be a part of the 61 players involved.
Rather than have the standard in-person combine in Chicago like normal this year, the combine has been moved to a virtual event. And yes, you guessed it, the new set up is because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has already pushed back the original date of the NBA draft to October initially, to now November 18.
Each participant will attend virtual interviews and go through medical exams as a part of the process. Wesson and all others will also have the opportunity to submit workouts for each team to view as desired.
The 61 participants were first reported by basketball insider Jeff Goodman by way of the below Twitter post.
Your participants for the NBA virtual draft combine. pic.twitter.com/l2kmTjyYgX
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) September 28, 2020
Wesson flirted with the NBA draft process at the end of the 2018-2019 season but ultimately decided to come back for his junior season at Ohio State. He took valuable feedback from that discovery to reshape his body, and polish his game as a better outside shooter, and improved footwork on the interior.
Now, he believes he’s ready to be a valuable asset to an NBA team and is going all-in on trying to impress NBA scouts and executives. It all goes down this week. If we get any reports of how Wesson is doing, we’ll bring them to you.
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