Five G-League Elite Camp stars will head to Chicago for this week’s NBA Draft Combine, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported.
Penn State’s Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Indiana’s Mackenzie Mgbako, Missouri’s Tamar Bates, Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, and UC Riverside’s Lachlan Olbrich will now participate after exceptional performances in last week’s camp in Chicago.
Gonzaga, Penn State, Indiana Stars Called Up to NBA Draft Combine from G League Elite Camp
5. Mackenzie Mgbako
Mgbako played two years at the forward position for Indiana, starting 64 games. He averaged 12.2 points both years, and hauled in 4.6 rebounds per game last season. The 6’9 forward put up 19 points in Game 2 and 22 in Game 3 for Team Three, totaling 11 rebounds.
Five callups to the NBA Draft Combine from the G League Elite Camp:
-Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State)
-Mackenzie Mgbako (Indiana)
-Tamar Bates (Missouri)
-Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga)
-Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra/Australia) pic.twitter.com/m1KL5baXQS— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) May 12, 2025
4. Yanic Konan Niederhauser
YKN played two years at Northern Illinois before transferring to Penn State, where he averaged 12.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks last year. The Swiss-native showed out in Chicago, putting up 17 points for Team Two in Game 1 and 14 in Game 3, adding a total of 12 rebounds between the two games.
3. Tamar Bates
Bates played two seasons at Indiana before transferring to Missouri, where he played another two seasons, averaging 13.5 points in 2023-24 and 13.3 in 2024-25. The 6’5 guard added another 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals last season. Bates scored 19 points in Game 1 and nine in Game 4 for Team One.
2. Ryan Nembhard
Nembhard played two seasons at Creighton before transferring to Gonzaga, where he started his final two seasons. The guard averaged 10.5 points, three rebounds, and led the country with 9.8 assists per game last year. Nembhard had six points and nine assists in Game 2 and 11 points and six assists in Game 3 for Team Three.
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1. Lachlan Olbrich
Olbrich averaged 11.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for UC Riverside in 2022-23, before moving to the National Basketball League in Australia. Last year, as a member of the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League, he led the team to a championship, winning grand final MVP honors.
He also led the NBL’s Illawarra Hawks to a tournament, scoring 12 points in the deciding game five. He scored 15 points in Game 2 and 16 in Game 3 as a member of Team Three.
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