Live from Chicago: NBA Combine Day Three Recap
Top performances, prospect movement, and intel from around the gym.
Wednesday marked Day Three of the 2025 NBA Combine in Chicago, but more importantly, it was the first day of five-on-five scrimmages. While the top-tier prospects typically opt out of these games, every once in a while you get a Jalen Williams-type breakout—someone who comes in as a borderline first-rounder and plays his way into the lottery. So while you may not catch the projected top-10 names suiting up, these scrimmages are often where the biggest risers emerge.
I was especially looking forward to seeing who could separate themselves this year. My day kicked off with an early interview on The Kevin O’Connor Show for Yahoo, which was a cool moment for me—here’s the link.
In this article, I’m sharing notes from the day: standouts from the five-on-five games, some under-the-radar names who impressed, and a few interesting bits of intel I picked up while making the rounds in Chicago.