Miami basketball alum Lonnie Walker thrives in NBA Combine speed drills
Donte DiVincenzo of Villanova, the Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 Final Four, finished first in both leaping drills. He had a 34.5″ leap in the standing vertical and 42″ leap in the max vertical. Okogie actually tied him in the max vertical.
Bruce Brown did not perform as well as Walker did. Brown is coming off of foot surgery that cost him the final 13 games of the 2017-18 Miami basketball season.
He finished 23rd out of 55 players in the lane agility drill with a time of 11.1 seconds. Only three players finished below Brown’s 3.43 time in the shuttle run. His 3.20 in the three quarter court sprint was 33rd overall.
Brown’s most impressive drill was the standing vertical leap. The former Miami basketball star finished in a three-way tie for sixth with a 32.5″ jump. Brown had a 38″ leap on the max vertical.
The NBA also measures the players and had six shooting drills at the combine. Brown measured 6’3.5 194.6 pounds with a 6’9″ wingspan. A former football player, Brown’s 3.75 percent body fat was the second lowest at the combine. Kentucky’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander‘s was three percent.
Walker who is listed at 6’5 on the Miami basketball roster measured 6.3.75″ at the combine. He weighed 196.2 pounds and has a wingspan of 6’10.25″.