Much like the NFL Combine, the NBA Combine is where scouts are going to find most of the players who are likely to be drafted. Sure, there are a few that slip through the cracks, but most of those guys are overseas players. So when a player such as former Iowa basketball forward Tyler Cook doesn’t get invited to the NBA Combine, it’s a big deal.
Cook left school early after another good season with the Iowa basketball team where he averaged 14.5 points and 7.6 rebounds in 30.8 minutes of play. Although struggling early against Tennessee in the round of 32, he was an instrumental catalyst to the Hawks making an improbable comeback.