AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn basketball is set to host its third annual Pro Day for NBA general managers, front office personnel and scouts Oct. 4 at Auburn Arena.
Over the past two seasons, over 60 NBA representatives have attended the event. All 30 NBA teams are invited to attend Pro Day in which the Tigers will host a practice that will feature select drills put on by the Auburn coaching staff as well as an open-court 5-on-5 scrimmage.
The Tigers have had a plethora of professional interest across the league over the past few seasons. Chuma Okeke became the first Auburn player chosen in the NBA Draft since 2001 when he went 16th overall to the Orlando Magic.
Auburn also had four players participate in the 2019 NBA Summer League in Bryce Brown, Malik Dunbar, Jared Harper and Tyler Harris.
The Tigers are coming off a banner year capped off by the program's first-ever trip to the Final Four.
Despite losing five key players from the 2018-19 team that won 30 games, Auburn returns a core nucleus of five seniors of Samir Doughty, J'Von McCormick, Anfernee McLemore, Danjel Purifoy and Austin Wiley.
With the addition of transfer Javon Franklin as well as Jamal Johnson who took a redshirt last season after transferring from Memphis, the Tigers also brought in a promising crop of freshmen in Babatunde Akingbola, Devan Cambridge, Allen Flanigan, Tyrell Jones, Isaac Okoro and Jaylin Williams.
Auburn begins the 2019-20 season at home against Georgia Southern, Nov. 5.