NBA Draft Combine rosters: Bronny James, Mark Sears headline players to watch in 2024 5-on-5 drills

Jacob Camenker

NBA Draft Combine rosters: Bronny James, Mark Sears headline players to watch in 2024 5-on-5 drills image

The NBA Draft Combine is becoming an increasingly important event on the league's offseason calendar, and the 2024 edition of it may be the most important one yet.

As part of its new collective bargaining agreement, the NBA has made it mandatory for prospects to attend the combine to be drafted. Some prospects are excused from this, but those are mostly international players whose seasons are still ongoing. And they still have to complete the combine activities at a later date.

This attendance benefits the NBA immensely. Their talent evaluators get to see a larger sampling of prospects because of the rule and better understand which ones have the athleticism and skills needed to thrive at the professional level.

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NBA scouts also get an up-close and personal look at the players in game action against one another. The 5-on-5 scrimmages are arguably the most important part of the NBA Combine, as they allow players to stand out from the crowd and show how quickly prospects can assimilate themselves into a team of players with whom they haven't played much — if at all.

Not every prospect will participate in the combine scrimmages, as some don't want to risk getting hurt or harming their draft stock if they appear to be lottery locks. But the fringe first-round picks and second-rounders? They benefit immensely from working out in such a fashion.

That's why it's no surprise to see that Bronny James is participating in these scrimmages. The USC product — and son of Lakers star LeBron James — is viewed by many as a potential second-round pick, but he has to stake his claim to that balling. After an up-and-down season with the Trojans, what better way to do that than at the NBA Combine?

Plenty of other talented players who starred in the NCAA Tournament will get a chance to show off their skills as well. Mark Sears, Jamal Shead, Baylor Scheierman and Alex Karaban are just a few of the recognizable names who will be on the court during the 5-on-5 drills.

Here's what to know about the rosters for the scrimmages at the 2024 NBA Combine.

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NBA Draft Combine rosters

Below is a look at the four rosters for the 5-on-5 scrimmages at the NBA Draft Combine. Not every prospect will participate in the scrimmages, but Bronny James and Mark Sears are among those who will.

Team St. Andrews

No.NameSchoolYearPos.
1A.J. JohnsonIllawarra (Australia)2004SG
3Mark SearsAlabamaSeniorPG
50Bronny JamesUSCFreshmanSG
51Dillon JonesWeber StateJuniorSF
74Alex KarabanUConnSophomorePF
84Baylor ScheiermanCreightonSeniorSF
90Adem BonaUCLASophomoreC
106Antonio ReevesKentuckySeniorSG
108JT ToppinNew MexicoFreshmanPF
110Jesse EdwardsWest VirginiaSeniorC

Team Forehan-Kelly

No.NameSchoolYearPos.
32Reece BeekmanVirginiaSeniorPG
42Nikola DjurisicMega (Serbia)2004SF
44Justin EdwardsKentuckyFreshmanSF
58KJ SimpsonColoradoJuniorPG
62Ulrich ChomcheNBA Academy Africa2005C
66Coleman HawkinsIllinoisSeniorPF
86Cam SpencerUConn2003SG
89Jonathan MogboSan FranciscoJuniorPF
102Jamir WatkinsFlorida StateJuniorSF
107Jaylen WellsWashington StateJuniorSF
113Isaac JonesWashington StateGraduateC

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Team Herscu

No.NameSchoolYearPos.
2Jaxson RobinsonBYUSeniorSG
30Michael AjayiPepperdineJuniorSF
33Trevon BrazileArkansasSophomorePF
45Trentyn FlowersAdelaide (Australia)2005SF
53Ajay MitchellUC Santa BarbaraJuniorPG
60Izan AlmansaG League Ignite2005C
61Jalen BridgesBaylorSeniorSF
77Pelle LarsonArizonaSeniorSF
80Quinten PostBoston CollegeGraduateC
111Boogie EllisUSCSeniorSG
112Nae'Qwan TomlinMemphisSeniorPF

Team Love

No.NameSchoolYearPos.
31Trey AlexanderCreightonJuniorSG
39Nique CliffordColorado StateSeniorSG
56Jamal SheadHoustonSeniorPG
64N'Faly DanteOregonSeniorC
70Oso IghodaroMarquetteSeniorC
71Harrison IngramUNCJuniorSF
72Keshad JohnsonArizonaSeniorPF
73David JonesMemphisSeniorSF
82Payton SandfortIowaJuniorSF
109Enrique FreemanAkronSeniorPF

Jacob Camenker

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Jacob Camenker first joined The Sporting News as a fantasy football intern in 2018 after his graduation from UMass. He became a full-time employee with TSN in 2021 and now serves as a senior content producer with a particular focus on the NFL. Jacob worked at NBC Sports Boston as a content producer from 2019 to 2021. He is an avid fan of the NFL Draft and ranked 10th in FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Accuracy metric in both 2021 and 2022.