2024 NBA Draft Combine measurements: Bronny James comes up short on height but aces shooting drills

CHICAGO -- How much size matters -- and whether it matters at all -- is a topic that could feed families with the amount of energy input into the discussion. But at the NBA Draft Combine size matters more than it doesn't, and measurements from this week here have ramifications that will likely affect draft stock some for the better and others for the worst.

That made Monday a bit of a mixed bag for USC product Bronny James, LeBron James' oldest son, as he was measured at 6-foot-1.5 without shoes -- despite being listed at a stocky 6-4 at USC. That was the not-so-good. Then there was the good: he went out and did his best Larry Bird impression only hours later, finishing 19-of-25 in the 3-point shooting star drill, which put him second among all participants in this year's event.

So was Bronny a winner or a loser from the opening of the combine? It was a bit of both, to be honest. His measurements underwhelmed but his endurance and shooting ability in a drill in which you can showcase both looked impressive. We'll wait to cast judgment as the week goes on.

We won't wait to cast judgment on other measurements, though, so with Bronny's small stature as the headliner, below are several other notable metrics that popped from that portion of the combine.

Winner: Providence's Carter is, indeed, athletic

Providence guard Devin Carter, the reigning Big East Player of the Year who had a career season leading the Friars while averaging 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, showed off his giddy-up in a big way out of the gate Monday with some (literal) record-breaking in the process. He tied for first among all participants with a 42.0 inch max vertical jump, had a 10.63 second pro-lane agility drill time (third best among players at the combine) then set an NBA Draft Combine record for the 3/4 court sprint with 2.87 seconds. Oh, and he measured with the longest wingspan (6-8.75) among all point guards at the combine, to boot. Not a bad day at the office for Mr. Carter.

Loser: UK's Dillingham comes up short

Prospects being overly generous in estimating and listing their height or weight to their advantage is not a new development. But at the combine each year it happens. And Kentucky product Rob Dillingham, who was listed at 6-3 while in college, was one of the more noteworthy. He measured 6-1 (without shoes) with a 6-3 wingspan and weighed 164.2 pounds. Dillingham is a top-10 prospect in this year's class and his height measurement was highly anticipated going into the week. Measuring 6-1 is what many expected and could ding him a bit, if not at the least give some NBA teams pause.

Winner: Big jumpers

Carter was not the only high-flier in the building. Carter tied for the highest maximum vertical jump with three others -- Trentyn Flowers, Keshad Johnson and Reed Sheppard -- who all posted 42-inch maximum verticals. James, Trevon Brazile, KJ Simpson and Adem Bona all had 40-inch max verts or better on the board to finish top 10 in the metric.

Player	Pos	Max Vert
Devin Carter	PG	42.00"
Trentyn Flowers	SF	42.00"
Keshad Johnson	PF	42.00"
Reed Sheppard	PG	42.00"
Trevon Brazile	PF	41.00"
Bronny James	SG	40.50"
KJ Simpson	PG	40.50"
Adem Bona	C	40.00"
Boogie Ellis	G	39.50"
PJ Hall	C	39.50"

Winner: Cling Kong is long

UConn big man Donovan Clingan -- who earned the nickname with the Huskies as "Cling Kong" -- was a big winner from Monday with measurements that popped off the page. He was listed at 7-1.75 without shoes, had a 7-6.75 wingspan and a stunning 9-7 standing reach -- the latter matching Purdue big man Zach Edey as the longest among those at the combine who measured. Clingan was an efficiency darling at UConn whose defense helped the Huskies to back-to-back titles and his impact was beyond measure. His length, though, now that it is precisely measured, will certainly help his draft stock.

Winner: Edey somehow gets bigger

Edey, the two-time national player of the year, came in at 7-3.75 without shoes -- incredibly a half-inch taller than last year at the combine. He also somehow lost a half-inch to his standing reach (now 9-7) but posted a 7-10.75 wingspan and was one pound shy of 300 pounds.

The big question with Edey will be whether he can add shooting to his offensive arsenal and how agile he'll be as a defender when asked to do so in space. But given his size he moved well in drills, posting a faster lane agility time than the likes of center prospects Alex Sarr, Yves Missi and Clingan, while showing off what looks to be an improved shot as well. He could be in for a big week in Chicago to build his stock into a first-round type portfolio.

Winner: Mogbo makes waves

San Francisco forward Jonathan Mogbo was a surprise whoa when the measurements for prospects dropped as he checked in at 6-6.25 -- not surprising -- but with a wingspan of 7-2 and a standing reach of 9-0.50 -- which registered as stunning. The USF product's measurements, for a prospect who might profile as a jumbo wing at the NBA level, registered 1.5 inches shorter in standing reach than 7-footer Alex Sarr with a jarring +7.75 wingspan to boot. 

NBA Draft Combine measurements

Player		Height W/O shoes	Weight	Standing reach	Max. Vert. leap	Wingspan
Michael Ajayi	SF	6' 5.75''	227.8	8' 10.50''	34.5	7' 0.75''
Trey Alexander	SG	6' 3.25''	187	8' 5.50''	32	6' 10.50''
Izan Almansa	C	6' 9.25''	219.6	9' 2.00''	35	7' 1.00''
Reece Beekman	PG	6' 1.25''	196.4	8' 4.00''	36.5	6' 6.50''
Adem Bona	C	6' 8.25''	243.2	9' 0.00''	40	7' 3.75''
Trevon Brazile	PF	6' 9.25''	215	9' 0.50''	41	7' 3.75''
Jalen Bridges	SF	6' 6.75''	213.4	8' 9.00''	32	6' 10.00''
Matas Buzelis	SF	6' 8.75''	197	8' 9.50''	38	6' 10.00''
Carlton Carrington	PG	6' 3.75''	194.8	8' 3.00''	36.5	6' 8.00''
Devin Carter	SG	6' 2.25''	193	8' 2.00''	42	6' 8.75''
Stephon Castle	SG	6' 5.50''	210	8' 6.00''	37	6' 9.00''
Ulrich Chomche	C	6' 10.25''	232.4	9' 1.00''	35.5	7' 4.00''
Cam Christie	SG	6' 4.50''	190.4	8' 5.50''	35.5	6' 8.00''
Nique Clifford	SF	6' 5.00''	198.6	8' 6.00''	37	6' 8.00''
Donovan Clingan	C	7' 1.75''	282	9' 7.00''	29	7' 6.75''
Isaiah Collier	PG	6' 2.50''	204.6	8' 1.50''	34	6' 4.75''
Tristan Da Silva	PF	6' 8.25''	216.8	8' 8.50''	35.5	6' 10.25''
N'Faly Dante	C	6' 10.00''	260.2	9' 3.00''	33	7' 6.00''
Robert Dillingham	PG	6' 1.00''	164.2	7' 11.00''	-	6' 3.00''
Nikola Djurisic	SF	6' 7.00''	208.8	8' 6.50''	34.5	6' 8.00''
Ryan Dunn	PF	6' 6.25''	213.6	8' 7.00''	38.5	7' 1.50''
Zach Edey	C	7' 3.75''	299	9' 7.00''	31.5	7' 10.75''
Justin Edwards	SF	6' 6.00''	209.4	8' 6.50''	32.5	6' 10.00''
Jesse Edwards	C	6' 11.50''	236	9' 3.00''	35.5	7' 5.00''
Boogie Ellis	PG-SG	6' 0.75''	185	8' 2.00''	39.5	6' 7.00''
Kyle Filipowski	PF	6' 10.75''	229.8	8' 11.00''	32.5	6' 10.50''
Trentyn Flowers	SF	6' 6.50''	201.4	8' 4.50''	42	6' 8.25''
Enrique Freeman	PF	6' 7.25''	212	9' 0.00''	35	7' 2.00''
Johnny Furphy	SF	6' 7.50''	188.8	8' 8.50''	32	6' 8.00''
Kyshawn George	SF	6' 7.00''	208.8	8' 9.00''	32	6' 10.25''
Tyon Grant-Foster	SF	6' 5.75''	215.2	8' 8.00''	-	6' 11.75''
PJ Hall	C	6' 8.25''	239.6	8' 7.50''	39.5	7' 1.50''
Coleman Hawkins	PF	6' 8.25''	215.2	8' 11.00''	29.5	7' 0.00''
Ron Holland II	SF	6' 6.50''	196.8	8' 8.00''	38	6' 10.75''
DaRon Holmes II	C	6' 8.75''	236.2	9' 0.00''	34	7' 1.00''
Ariel Hukporti	C	6' 10.75''	246.2	9' 3.00''	-	7' 2.50''
Oso Ighodaro	C	6' 9.50''	222	8' 8.50''	39.5	6' 11.00''
Harrison Ingram	SF	6' 5.25''	233.6	8' 6.50''	35	7' 0.25''
Bronny James	SG	6' 1.50''	210.4	8' 2.50''	40.5	6' 7.25''
AJ Johnson	SG	6' 4.25''	167	8' 6.00''	38	6' 8.50''
Keshad Johnson	PF	6' 6.25''	224	8' 7.00''	42	6' 10.25''
David Jones	SF	6' 3.50''	211.2	8' 4.00''	34.5	6' 6.75''
Dillon Jones	SF	6' 4.50''	236.8	8' 4.50''	33.5	6' 11.00''
Isaac Jones	C	6' 7.75''	235	9' 0.00''	35	7' 3.00''
Alex Karaban	PF	6' 6.50''	219.2	8' 10.50''	32	6' 11.00''
Bobi Klintman	PF	6' 8.75''	212.2	8' 10.50''	32.5	6' 11.00''
Dalton Knecht	SF	6' 5.25''	212.2	8' 7.50''	39	6' 9.00''
Tyler Kolek	PG	6' 1.25''	196.6	7' 11.00''	34	6' 2.75''
Pelle Larsson	SG	6' 5.25''	212.4	8' 6.00''	38	6' 7.50''
Jared McCain	SG	6' 2.00''	203.2	8' 2.00''	33	6' 3.50''
Kevin McCullar Jr.	SF	6' 5.25''	205.8	8' 7.00''	-	6' 9.00''
Yves Missi	C	6' 10.75''	229.4	9' 1.50''	38.5	7' 2.00''
Ajay Mitchell	PG	6' 3.25''	197	8' 5.00''	33.5	6' 6.25''
Jonathan Mogbo	PF	6' 6.25''	217.2	9' 0.50''	37.5	7' 2.00''
Tristen Newton	PG	6' 3.25''	191.8	8' 4.00''	32.5	6' 6.75''
Quinten Post	C	7' 0.00''	244.4	9' 4.00''	27	7' 2.50''
Antonio Reeves	SG	6' 4.50''	186.6	8' 4.50''	36	6' 8.25''
Jaxson Robinson	SG	6' 4.75''	188.6	8' 7.00''	34	6' 11.25''
Hunter Sallis	SG	6' 3.50''	179.4	8' 4.50''	36	6' 9.75''
Payton Sandfort	SF	6' 6.25''	212	8' 8.00''	28	6' 8.00''
Alexandre Sarr	C	6' 11.75''	224.2	9' 2.00''	37	7' 4.25''
Baylor Scheierman	SF	6' 6.25''	201.6	8' 6.50''	32	6' 8.25''
Mark Sears	PG	5' 10.25''	192.4	7' 8.00''	39	6' 2.00''
Terrence Shannon Jr.	SF	6' 5.75''	219.4	8' 4.00''	-	6' 8.75''
Jamal Shead	PG	6' 0.25''	200.8	8' 0.00''	37.5	6' 3.00''
Reed Sheppard	PG	6' 1.75''	181.6	7' 9.50''	42	6' 3.25''
KJ Simpson	PG	6' 0.25''	187	7' 9.50''	40.5	6' 4.50''
Tyler Smith	PF	6' 9.00''	223.8	8' 9.00''	38	7' 1.00''
Cam Spencer	SG	6' 3.00''	201.8	8' 2.50''	30.5	6' 5.00''
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	PF	6' 8.25''	205	9' 1.00''	32.5	7' 2.50''
JT Toppin	PF	6' 7.00''	221	8' 10.00''	34	7' 0.50''
Jaylon Tyson	SF	6' 5.50''	218.2	8' 6.50''	36.5	6' 8.00''
Ja'Kobe Walter	SG	6' 4.25''	197.6	8' 6.50''	38.5	6' 10.00''
Kel'el Ware	C	6' 11.75''	230	9' 4.50''	36	7' 4.50''
Jamir Watkins	SF	6' 5.00''	211.6	8' 8.00''	35.5	6' 10.75''
Jaylen Wells	SF	6' 6.50''	206.2	8' 7.50''	36	6' 7.25''
Cody Williams	SF	6' 6.50''	178.4	8' 7.00''	35.5	7' 1.00''