One of the 78 players invited to the NBA combine was Bronny James, the son of LeBron James of the Lakers.

Though there are only 60 picks in the NBA Draft, the bulk of players are often selected at the combine.

This year marks the first time that you cannot be drafted if you turn down a combine invitation. There are few exceptions, the most significant of which being players who compete for another professional team abroad in the middle of their season; two such players are Nikola Topic and Zaccharie Risacher, who are both expected to be selected in the top ten.

Bronny was not selected in the first round of the most recent mock draft by ESPN. This season, the 19-year-old James appeared in 25 games for USC, averaging just 19.4 minutes per contest.

Unlike his time at the dominant Sierra Canyon High School, he did not light up the stat sheet when playing for the Trojans. James barely put up 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game on average. Andy Enfield, who coached Bronny during his first year at USC, is currently the head coach at SMU, while Eric Musselman is currently leading the Trojans. James has entered the transfer portal and is also taking a chance on the NBA Draft.

LeBron James has long expressed his desire to play in the NBA alongside his kid. And there isn’t much time for that to happen because the Lakers great turns 40 in December.

The older James hasn’t showed many outward symptoms of physical decline; his 25.7 point average from the previous campaign was good for 13th in the NBA.

James’ NBA career will end in June, and he has until then to decide what to do the following season.

He has the option to accept a $51.4 million contract, which is the second year of a $99 million agreement he signed prior to the current campaign. Alternatively, James may become a free agency and sign with a fourth NBA franchise.

May 12–19 in Chicago is the date of the combine, and June 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn is the date of the NBA Draft first round. On June 27, the second round will begin in Manhattan.