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Malik Pope Named an Alternate for NBA Draft Combine

San Diego State forward not named to the 60 man roster for the NBA combine

On Saturday, Jeff Goodman and ESPN began unveiling the names of the players that had received invites to the NBA Scouting Combine. One name of note not on the invite list was San Diego State sophomore forward Malik Pope. Instead Pope is listed as an alternate for the combine.

Updated NBA combine invite list now up to 62. Still a working list. About 70 or so have been invited by NBA. pic.twitter.com/dH4PnfkYQk

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) May 1, 2016

Every year players pull out from the combine either due to injury or they decide to follow their agent’s advice and hold only personal workouts.