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The NBA combine used to be the only venue of its kind for prospects to impress general managers, scouts and other pro basketball personnel before the draft, but the next best thing is now available for college players.
The second annual Professional Basketball Combine will take place May 22 and 23 at IMG Academy in Florida. One of the 24 participants this year will be former Gophers guard Nate Mason, which was announced Friday morning.
Mason wasn’t invited to the NBA combine next week in Chicago, but the All-Big Ten point guard still has a chance to impress NBA and NBA G League teams through similar combine testing, workouts, scrimmages and interviews later this month at the PBC.
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Georgia native averaged 16.7 points and 4.2 assists as a senior this season, finishing fifth in program history in career scoring and second in assists. Mason also helped his Big Ten team win a 3-on-3 national championship at the Final Four in San Antonio last month.
“We’re really excited to see Nate at the Professional Basketball Combine,” PBC director and founder Jake Kelfer told the Star Tribune. “When we were doing our evaluations he was someone we were interested in. When we talked with his agent, it seemed like a good fit. So we were able to make it happen. We’ll see what the future holds for Nate. He’s a hell of a player and we’re excited to see what he can do in front of teams and top level competition.”
http://www.startribune.com/nate-mas...onal-basketball-combine-in-florida/481755241/
Go Gophers!!
The NBA combine used to be the only venue of its kind for prospects to impress general managers, scouts and other pro basketball personnel before the draft, but the next best thing is now available for college players.
The second annual Professional Basketball Combine will take place May 22 and 23 at IMG Academy in Florida. One of the 24 participants this year will be former Gophers guard Nate Mason, which was announced Friday morning.
Mason wasn’t invited to the NBA combine next week in Chicago, but the All-Big Ten point guard still has a chance to impress NBA and NBA G League teams through similar combine testing, workouts, scrimmages and interviews later this month at the PBC.
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Georgia native averaged 16.7 points and 4.2 assists as a senior this season, finishing fifth in program history in career scoring and second in assists. Mason also helped his Big Ten team win a 3-on-3 national championship at the Final Four in San Antonio last month.
“We’re really excited to see Nate at the Professional Basketball Combine,” PBC director and founder Jake Kelfer told the Star Tribune. “When we were doing our evaluations he was someone we were interested in. When we talked with his agent, it seemed like a good fit. So we were able to make it happen. We’ll see what the future holds for Nate. He’s a hell of a player and we’re excited to see what he can do in front of teams and top level competition.”
http://www.startribune.com/nate-mas...onal-basketball-combine-in-florida/481755241/
Go Gophers!!
