NBA Combine 2018: Prospects Who Boosted Their Stock After Thursday's Drills

Not every portion of the NBA combine is revelatory.

For instance, Mohamed Bamba has a jaw-dropping 7'10" wingspan—but we already knew he was massive. Just like no one should have been surprised when Trae Young measured with the shortest wingspan (6'3") and hands (eight inches long).

But a few players opened eyes for the right reasons on Thursday and sent their draft stocks soaring.

Donte DiVincenzo, SG, Villanova

The lasting memories of combines often seem to be the measurements. This year might be no different since Bamba's length was record-breaking.

DiVincenzo doesn't fit that mold. Nothing jumped off the page when he checked in at 6'4.5" tall with a 6'6" wingspan.

Then, the athletic testing started, and DiVincenzo started stealing the spotlight like it was the national title game all over again.

He bested the field with a 34.5" standing vertical leap. He tied for the lead in max vertical with 42" hops. He finished fifth in the lane agility with a time of 10.72 seconds.

He may have fared even better in the scrimmage portion:

Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders previously reported hearing DiVincenzo could have pushed his stock into the 20s. Maybe the explosive combo guard will keep climbing the ladder.

For all the attention garnered during his 31-point, five-triple performance in the championship, that was just a microcosm of his potential.

Kevin Huerter, SG, Maryland

Huerter probably entered the day on or at least near to the first-round bubble. Regardless where he started, he was in a better position once he finished.

He didn't wow with length (same wingspan as height, 6'7"), but that might be all he didn't do. No one had a better shuttle run (2.96 seconds). Only three had lower times in the three-quarter sprint (3.09), and just six checked in below his lane agility time (10.89).

Those are tremendous numbers for a prospect who might appear on first glance to be a shooting specialist. He's a perimeter marksman (73 triples at a 41.7 percent clip this past season), but he showed in the scrimmage that's not all he has to offer:

"There's room for multifaceted shooters in his mold to make an NBA impact," SI.com's Jeremy Woo wrote. "Improving defensively will help, but simply being a high-quality floor spacer given his physical attributes and ball-moving skills is a good place to start."

Huerter, who won't turn 20 until August, averaged 14.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Terrapins last season.

Josh Okogie, SG, Georgia Tech

Two productive seasons at Georgia Tech had yet to establish Okogie as an automatic NBA draft pick.

The last time Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman put his big board together, he didn't put Okogie in his top 50—or the next 10. Woo was slightly more generous, slotting in Okogie at No. 52.

He needed to turn some heads, but he always had the tools to do so.

"He can go into a workout, and all of a sudden, people go, 'Wait a minute,'" one scout said, per Ken Sugiura of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"Wait a minute" must have been a popular phrase Thursday, starting when the 6'4.5" guard measured a 7'0" wingspan.

Okogie also tied for the lead with a 42" max vertical. He had the fastest three-quarter sprint time (3.04 seconds) and the second-best mark in the shuttle run (3.03 seconds).

The physical tools hinted at his potential to become a versatile defender. Tack on his career 38.2 three-point percentage, and it's easy to connect the dots on his three-and-D upside.

"An impressive, extended display of defensive intensity from Okogie during the first half of his game helped cement what was an outstanding day for his draft stock overall," Woo wrote. "...The modern-day hunt for three-and-D wing players is a real one, and Okogie has a good case to hire an agent and stay in the draft at this point."

Combine results courtesy of NBA.com.