{"id":257419,"date":"2026-05-04T07:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257419\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:47:09","slug":"malik-reneau-added-to-g-league-combine-participant-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257419\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Reneau added to G League combine participant list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated May 3, 2026, 10:20 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Miami forward Malik Reneau was added as a participant for the 2026 G League combine, which will take place May 8-10 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reneau was selected to the All-ACC first team, averaging 18.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals while shooting 54% from the field in 35 appearances. He ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/stathead\/basketball\/cbb\/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;match=player_game_count_season&amp;timeframe=seasons&amp;year_min=2026&amp;year_max=2026&amp;comp_type=any&amp;comp_id=NCAAM&amp;conf_id=acc&amp;ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B1%5D=20&amp;cstat%5B1%5D=pts&amp;is_dbl_dbl=Y\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third in the conference<\/a> in 20-point double-doubles (6) and 17th in 2-point field goals (210).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 6-foot-9 forward wasn&#8217;t among <a href=\"http:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/05\/02\/2026-nba-g-league-combine-alijah-arenas-invitations\/89910887007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 44 prospects on the initial invitation list<\/a> unveiled on Saturday. He will now have the opportunity to compete in 5-on-5 games, strength and agility testing, shooting drills, measurements and other related on-court exercises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reneau emerged as one of the top performers last month during the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, an annual event for the top seniors in the country. He was a PIT All-Tournament selection, averaging 18.3 points, seven rebounds and one block in three games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 23-year-old is considered a possible second-round pick this year because of his interior scoring, physicality and rebounding ability. He also took a step forward as a floor spacer, converting 34.7% from beyond the arc (26-of-75).<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The top performers in the G League combine will be invited to the draft combine,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/05\/01\/2026-nba-draft-combine-aj-dybantsa-darryn-peterson-cam-boozer\/89891851007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking place May 10-17 at the Wintrust Arena and Marriott Marquis<\/a>. Last year, Yanic Konan Niederha\u0308user and Ryan Nembhard were among those who advanced to the draft combine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated May 3, 2026, 10:20 p.m. ET Miami forward Malik Reneau was added as a participant for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,47,1234,123,125,124,111740,111741,8913,1233,299,76,96,300,34],"class_list":["post-257419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-accessfree","tag-fl","tag-il","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sstssportsnbarookie","tag-sstsnrookie","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagchicago","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagmiami","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}