The 2025 NBA Draft Combine began Sunday in Chicago, but the real fun starts later this week.
5-on-5 scrimmages begin Wednesday afternoon (and you’ll be able to watch them live on the ESPN app). The four teams that will participate in the scrimmages were announced Monday morning, with both of Kentucky’s representatives making a roster — just not on the same team, unfortunately. Otega Oweh will suit up for Team Lazare while Koby Brea is on Team Mueller.
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine — which also includes team/individual workouts and interviews — runs from May 11-18. While everyone invited to the Combine is required by the NBA to participate, not every player is required to play in 5-on-5 scrimmages. You can see the full team rosters below.
As most of us know by now, Kentucky and head coach Mark Pope are still waiting on Oweh’s draft decision. Will the All-SEC guard embark on his journey to the pros or return to college for his senior season?
The majority of mock drafts have Oweh on the outside looking in of hearing his name called in this year’s 59-pick draft. If he ends up coming back to play for the Wildcats (the deadline to do so is May 28), he’ll be regarded as one of the favorites for Preseason SEC Player of the Year. But a good showing at the Combine this week could potentially push him toward the league.
“I’m all in (on the NBA),” Oweh said last Friday, according to Aaron Fentress of Oregon Live. “I have one more year of (college) eligibility, but my goal is to play in the NBA, so I’m not doing this process one foot in, one foot out.”
That being said, when asked if he would only stay in the NBA Draft pool if he were guaranteed a first-round pick, Oweh didn’t exactly shoot that idea down.
“I wouldn’t say it’s completely false, but I believe I’m a first-round guy,” he said. “So, I’m just gonna go through these workouts, give it my all, and then when it’s all said and done, I’ll see where I’m at and then I’ll make that decision.”
As for Brea, who is out of college eligibility, his name continues to pop up in mock drafts as a potential mid-to-late second-round pick. This will be an important week for the 6-foot-7 sharpshooting guard.
There was a chance that a couple more Wildcats would also participate in this week’s Combine, but none of them could make it past the G League Elite Camp. Incoming transfer point guard Jaland Lowe (Pitt) was one of the standout performers from the event over the weekend, but was not one of the five players who received a Combine invite. The same goes for Amari Williams, Lamont Butler, and Andrew Carr, who also played in the G League Elite Camp but were not invited to the Combine.
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