The official scrimmages, agility testing, shooting drills and measurements portions of the NBA draft combine in Chicago have concluded, but many NBA teams are still in the Windy City to continue interviewing draft prospects and watch private workouts and pro days.
Over the last couple of days, the Utah Jazz have conducted interviews with Reed Sheppard (Kentucky), Kyshawn George (Miami), Stephon Castle (UConn), Isaiah Collier (USC), Jared McCain (Duke), Dalton Knecht (Tennessee), Devin Carter (Providence), Cody Williams (Colorado) and Tyler Kolek (Marquette).
This is in addition to interviews with Zach Edey (Purdue), Rob Dillingham (Kentucky), Donovan Clingan (UConn), Ron Holland (G League Ignite) and Alexandre Sarr (Perth Wildcats), which were previously reported by the Deseret News.
Sheppard, the freshman guard from Kentucky, was considered undersized coming into the week and that was confirmed when he measured in at 6-feet-1.75 inches without shoes on. But what was also confirmed was his incredible athleticism.
Despite his size, Sheppard had the eighth-best standing vertical leap, fourth-best max vertical leap among all combine participants and tied for 13th in the three-quarter court sprint.
There were 77 participants during the testing day at the combine.
Edey, who intrigues teams with his size and agility also stood out after measuring in at 7-feet-3.75 inches without shoes with a 7-feet-10.75-inch wingspan and a 9-feet-7 standing reach.
Though Edey did not participate in the scrimmaging, which was optional for combine participants, he impressed teams during his shooting drills, hitting 3-pointers off the dribble, on the move and in spot-up situations.
