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Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-11T15:58:24-06:00

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Thu May 11, 2017 3:58 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-11T13:37:25-06:00

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Eric-Mika-7222/

Official Mika Measurements

6'8.5" without shoes
6'9.8" with shoes
6'10" wingspan
8'10.5" standing reach
233 lbs

Some notable standing reaches to compare:

Trevor Ariza 8'11.5"
Reggie Evans 8'11.5"
Trey Lyles 8'11.5"
Udonis Haslem 8'11.0"
David Lee 8'10.5"
Markieff Morris 8'10.5"
Kenneth Faried 9'0.0"

These measurements will probably hurt Mika's stock a little. He measured as an undersized center and much more of a power forward. Hopefully he has enough stretch in his game to convince teams he can play the four.

Statistics: Posted by Qman — Thu May 11, 2017 1:37 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-11T10:37:40-06:00

I would love to have Mika back at BYU, but if he decides to stick with the draft I strongly believe he'll impress someone at the combine AND make an NBA roster. And I strongly believe that he will continue to improve his range and he doesn't necessarily have to go back to BYU to do that. I would love to see him go to the Spurs and ride the bench for a little while and learn from their great coaches and they seem to still value big men. He could replace Gasol in a year.

Have you watched Gasol in the playoffs? Both him and Aldridge have been very underwhelming. Aldridge has a sore knee and should still have some good years ahead of him. Gasol's best days are behind him. Gasol is 36 turning 37 this summer. He averaged 12.6 PPG during the reg season but in the playoffs is only 6.8 PPG on .392 shooting. After next season he'll be 37 turning 38. Mika will make HUGE strides this offseason, next season, and next offseason. Not a stretch to say that Mika could replace Gasol for the 2018-2019 season.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Thu May 11, 2017 10:37 am

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-11T07:13:23-06:00

I would love to have Mika back at BYU, but if he decides to stick with the draft I strongly believe he'll impress someone at the combine AND make an NBA roster. And I strongly believe that he will continue to improve his range and he doesn't necessarily have to go back to BYU to do that. I would love to see him go to the Spurs and ride the bench for a little while and learn from their great coaches and they seem to still value big men. He could replace Gasol in a year.

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Thu May 11, 2017 7:13 am

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-10T16:31:08-06:00

I would love to have Mika back at BYU, but if he decides to stick with the draft I strongly believe he'll impress someone at the combine AND make an NBA roster. And I strongly believe that he will continue to improve his range and he doesn't necessarily have to go back to BYU to do that. I would love to see him go to the Spurs and ride the bench for a little while and learn from their great coaches and they seem to still value big men. He could replace Gasol in a year.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Wed May 10, 2017 4:31 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-10T12:21:26-06:00

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Statistics: Posted by Fido — Wed May 10, 2017 12:21 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-08T16:47:00-06:00

The way I understand it, the NBA compiles the original list of invitees for the combine and circulates that list to the NBA teams. Then the teams can request certain players they are looking at be invited who were not on that initial list. Being added to the second list indicates specific NBA teams are interested in you.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Mon May 08, 2017 4:47 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-08T16:15:19-06:00

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/201 ... down-5909/

It seems from this list that quite a few of the attendees are playing five on five but not testing.

Statistics: Posted by BlueK — Mon May 08, 2017 4:15 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-01T12:35:16-06:00

There is a big difference between the NBA combine and the NFL combine. In the NBA, those believed to be first round picks decline the invitation, and even most second round picks even if they do attend only participate in five on five games but not the tests and drills. At least, that's what I read over the weekend. It's evolved into an event only to help those completely off the radar to get a look.

That's stretching the truth I think.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1927 ... ft-combine

The combine will take place May 9-14 at the Quest Center in Chicago, and many of those projected to be taken in the first round have elected to participate in the drills. However, many have declined the 5-on-5 game portion for fear of hurting their draft stock.

Last year the top 2 picks and 2 other lottery picks did not attend. This year I think only Lonzo Ball has officially declined. Other lottery picks may join him. Frank Ntilikina who is still playing in Euro competition just will not be able to physically make it (I know nothing about him but he's only averaging 5.2 pts and 1.2 ast, what do scouts see in him?? - https://www.sny.tv/knicks/news/ntilikin ... /227599504). Also, Markelle Fultz who could go #1 is expected to attend (although will not do on-court activities).

Please let me know where you are reading that nobody from the first round attends the NBA combine anymore.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Mon May 01, 2017 12:35 pm

Re: Mika to attend the NBA Draft Combine

2017-05-01T12:17:49-06:00

Just doing a quick glance at the draft results and combine participation for 2016 50% of those taken in the first round participated in the combine and those that didn't were almost universally from other countries and not invited to the combine.

In fact, of those in the first round who did not participate in the combine there were only 3 who were US players.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Mon May 01, 2017 12:17 pm