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NBA Makes Major Johni Broome Announcement

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Ryan Harris | Last updated May 2, 2025 5:31 PM ET

As the NCAA Tournament has been finished for some time and the NBA playoffs are in full swing, a majority of the teams are looking forward to improving their teams in the NBA Draft.

On Friday afternoon, the NBA announced information about the NBA Combine that takes place from May 11-18 and who will be attending.

The Auburn Tigers, who fell in the Final Four to the eventual national champion Florida Gators, are sending their very best to the next stage in their careers thanks to an invite to the NBA.

Auburn's SEC Player of the Year and Karl Malone Award recipient, Johni Broome, headlines the list of elite talent invited to the NBA Combine.

One of the best players in all of college basketball, losing the National Player of the Year award to Duke's Cooper Flagg, Broome was a truly dominant player on both sides of the ball for the Tigers.

He is potentially the best transfer in all of college basketball history after spending his first two seasons at Morehead State before taking his talents to Auburn for three years.

Averaging a double-double in two of his five years in college will bring an elite playmaking ability to any NBA team that selects him in the NBA Draft in June.

As it stands, Broome is a projected late-first round draft selection, primarily due to his age, but his improvements each year in college make him an incredible selection for any team.

Broome is not the only player from Auburn with an invite, as Tahaad Pettiford also received an invitation to attend the NBA Combine in Chicago.

Time will tell how these two will perform in the combine and on, but if their careers progress anything like it did in college, expect nothing but good things from Broome and Pettiford.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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