The Professional Basketball Combine, a secondary showcase for players preparing for the NBA Draft, enters its third year with a new location and a new focus. The PBC is moving from the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., to the Mamba Sports Academy in suburban Los Angeles, and is emphasizing technology based testing to find new predictors of pro performance.
“We started talking about some advanced concepts and some new ideologies of what we could do to enhance the system in the talent evaluation world and really figure out how do we really help create differentiators between players who attend our event and help them succeed at the next level,” said Jake Kelfer, PBC founder and combine director.