{"id":671392,"date":"2026-05-14T23:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671392\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:29:12","slug":"did-vanderbilt-basketball-star-tyler-tanner-help-himself-at-nba-draft-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671392\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Vanderbilt Basketball Star Tyler Tanner Help Himself At NBA Draft Combine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">If Tyler Tanner could draw up how his week at the NBA Combine would play out, he likely would\u2019ve chosen just about any other way for it to be scripted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">Tanner took a risk by participating in scrimmages two-consecutive days, something that a number of prospects in his range don\u2019t opt to do. He wanted to show that he loves competing and that he could take advantage of an opportunity to be among the best players in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">Instead, Tanner likely saw his stock drop on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">In Thursday\u2019s scrimmage, Tanner went for just two points on 1-for-7 shooting, was 0-for-4 from 3-point range and turned it over three times. The only saving graces were his five assists and midrange jumper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">For a player like Tanner, who already has height and weight questions surrounding him while he sits in the midst of a guard-heavy class, a standout weekend would\u2019ve been crucial. Instead, though, he\u2019s likely left NBA executives second guessing themselves in regard to how much of his standout college film can translate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">The truth is, Tanner did a number of translatable things and could still be a first rounder. He didn\u2019t help to promote that reality, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">Tanner\u2019s day-one scrimmage could be described better as an up-and-down one, but it was better than Thursday\u2019s. He went for 13 points, but did it on 4-for-11 shooting from the field, 3-for-7 shooting from 3-point range and had five fouls. Tanner did have five assists, two steals and only turned it over twice in a game that\u2019s historically chaotic and not overly well played.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">While Tanner had a mediocre day, he was guarding former Tennessee guard Ja\u2019Kobi Gillespie\u2013who went for 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting. Standout prospect Cam Carr stole the show while going for 30 points and having the dominant performance that Tanner hoped to have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Follow us on<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VandyOnSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572465905347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvxDtJPDS3dh_O_rHa8S3fg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vandyonsi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@vandyonsi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Threads<\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vandyonsi.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blue Sky<\/a>for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Tyler Tanner could draw up how his week at the NBA Combine would play out, he likely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-671392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}