2015 NBA draft combine: Okafor, Towns not attending
Duke forward Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky forward Karl-Anthony Towns were not on the list of expected participants for the 2015 NBA draft combine released Thursday.
The combine will be held May 12-17 in Chicago, with an on-court portion running May 14-15.
Duke and Winslow are widely expected to be among the top five picks in the June 26 draft, if not the top two. In SI.com's Chris Mannix's last NBA big board before the NCAA tournament, Okafor was pegged No. 1 while Towns was No. 2.
The draft order will be decided in the lottery on May 19. The Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic hold the best chances at getting the top pick, in order from greatest to worst.
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Top prospects who will be attending the combine Duke's Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook; Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker; Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell and Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Dakari Johnson, Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison and Devin Booker.
Below is the full list of combine participants announced Thursday—not every participant will be required to participate in the on-court portion of the combine.
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Cliff Alexander, Kansas
Justin Anderson, Virginia
Brandon Ashley, Arizona
Ryan Boatright, Connecticut
Devin Booker, Kentucky
Anthony Brown, Stanford
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse
Pat Connaughton, Notre Dame
Quinn Cook, Duke
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
George de Paula, Pinheiros (Brazil)
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin
Michael Frazier II, Florida
Treveon Graham, VCU
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Olivier Hanlan, Boston College
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville
Andrew Harrison, Kentucky
Aaron Harrison, Kentucky
Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington
Corey Hawkins, UC-Davis
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona
Jonathan Holmes, Texas
Richaun Holmes, Bowling Green
R.J. Hunter, Georgia State
Vince Hunter, UTEP
Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Nanterre (France)
Dakari Johnson, Kentucky
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
Tyus Jones, Duke
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Kevon Looney, UCLA
Trey Lyles, Kentucky
Jarell Martin, LSU
Chris McCullough, Syracuse
Jordan Mickey, LSU
Larry Nance, Wyoming
Kelly Oubre, Kansas
Cameron Payne, Murray State
Terran Petteway, Nebraska
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Norman Powell, UCLA
Michael Qualls, Arkansas
Chasson Randle, Stanford
Terry Rozier, Louisville
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Keifer Sykes, Wisconsin-Green Bay
TaShawn Thomas, Oklahoma
Marcus Thornton, William & Mary
J.P. Tokoto, North Carolina
Myles Turner, Texas
Robert Upshaw, Washington
Rashad Vaughn, UNLV
Chris Walker, Florida
Dez Wells, Maryland
Aaron White, Iowa
Alan Williams, UC Santa Barbara
Justise Winslow, Duke
Christian Wood, UNLV
Delon Wright, Utah
Joseph Young, Oregon