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Through graduation and early entry, Arizona has six players from the Final Four team eligible for the 2026 NBA Draft. And four of them are on the list of invitees to the annual NBA Draft Combine.
Seniors Tobe Awaka and Jaden Bradley and freshmen Brayden Burries and Koa Peat are among the 73 players invited to the combine, set for May 10-17 in Chicago. Also invited are ex-UA players Kylan Boswell and Henri Veesaar, who finished their college careers at Illinois and North Carolina, respectively.
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An invite to the combine is usually a strong indication of whether NBA scouts consider a player worthy of being taken in two-round draft, which is set for June 23. Last year Carter Bryant was the only player with UA ties invited to the combine, and he ended up going 14th overall to the San Antonio Spurs, while Bradley went through the draft process but returned to Arizona for his senior season.
The deadline to withdraw from the draft and return to college is May 27, and according to ESPN some NBA scouts view Peat as a player who may end up coming back despite currently being projected as a late first-round pick.
Burries and Peat were among the 71 college players with eligibility remaining who declared for the draft, of which more than 20 didn’t get invites to the main combine. Many will participate in a G League combine, which provides the opportunity for a few to also get an invite to the second combine.
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Publish date : 2026-05-01 19:00:00
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