Invitations to the 2025 NBA draft combine were sent out on Saturday to 75 men's basketball players who are looking to make the jump into the professional ranks. However, a key contributor to Florida's championship run this season was not among those named.
Gators guard Will Richard, who joined the Orange and Blue back in 2022 after spending his freshman year with the Belmont Bruins, instead got the call from the 2025 NBA G League Elite Camp. The first major transfer portal domino for Todd Golden, the 6-foot-4-inch, 206-pound swingman still has an avenue to making it to the big show, but it might require him to take a path through the NBA's de facto minor league.