Archetypes and playing windows for the season three NBA 2K League combine are set, and a timeline for draft pool selection has been established, the league announced on Friday.
The combine is set to take place from Nov. 18.-Dec. 9. The top 175 players will then be identified on Dec. 16 with interviews beginning on Dec. 17 and running through Jan. 5. Conditional offers will then be made to the final 150 draft-eligible players in mid-January.
As Managing Director Brendan Donahue mentioned in his periscope last week, the combine now has eight archetypes per position, up from five the previous two years. One added twist, however, is that archetypes now have unique heights and weights, unlike previous years where they were uniform per position.
Players in North America will be required to play a minimum 40 games at one position (at least) in order to be eligible for selection into the draft pool, while players in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region will need to play just 20 each.
The archetypes are as follows, listed by archetype name, height and weight.
Point Guard:
Slasher, 6’4, 190 lbs
Scoring Machine, 6’3, 170 lbs
Slashing Playmaker, 6’3, 185 lbs
3-Level Scorer, 6’3, 170 lbs
Offensive Threat, 6’2, 180 lbs
2-Way Sharpshooter, 6’4, 195 lbs
Slashing Playmaker, 6’4, 190 lbs
2-Way Slashing Playmaker, 6’4, 195 lbs
Shooting Guard:
Slasher, 6’5, 195 lbs
Scoring Machine, 6’5, 195 lbs
Slashing Playmaker, 6’5, 205 lbs
2-Way Finisher, 6’6, 215 lbs
3-Level Scorer, 6’4, 180 lbs
Offensive Threat, 6’5, 185 lbs
2-Way Sharpshooter, 6’6, 200 lbs
2-Way Finisher, 6’6, 220 lbs
Small Forward:
Slasher, 6’7, 210 lbs
Slasher, 6’7, 200 lbs
Facilitating Finisher, 6’7, 205 lbs
Finisher, 6’8, 225 lbs
3-Level Scorer, 6’7, 200 lbs
Offensive Threat, 6’6, 195 lbs
2-Way Sharpshooter, 6’8, 220 lbs
2-Way Finisher, 6’8, 230 lbs
Power Forward:
Interior Finisher, 6’10, 245 lbs
3-Level Scorer, 6’9 , 220 lbs
Post Playmaker, 6’10, 245 lbs
Paint Beast, 6’9, 250 lbs
3-Level Playmaker, 6’8, 220 lbs
Glass Cleaner, 6’9, 235 lbs
Post Playmaker, 6’10, 240 lbs
Paint Beast, 6’9, 250 lbs
Center:
Interior Force, 7’0, 260 lbs
3-Level Scorer, 6’11, 245 lbs
Interior Finisher, 7’1, 270 lbs
Glass-Cleaning Lockdown, 7’0, 250 lbs
Mid-Range Finisher, 6’11, 250 lbs
Glass-Cleaning Lockdown, 7’0, 265 lbs
Post Playmaker, 7’1, 270 lbs
Glass-Cleaning Lockdown, 7’1, 265 lbs
The league also announced the official playing windows for the combine, with set times for each day of the week, a change from previous years in which specific days and times were announced beforehand. All times listed in EST.
Mondays: 6 p.m.-noon
Tuesdays: 4 a.m.-8 a.m., 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesdays: 8 p.m.-midnight
Thursdays: 4 a.m.-8 a.m., 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Fridays: 8 p.m.-midnight
Saturdays: 3 a.m.-8 a.m., 2 p.m.-8 p.m.
Sundays: 3 a.m.-7 a.m., 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
