Four NBA teams are still in the running for the 2019 title, but the rest of the league is thinking about 2020. And this week, they’ll be taking a hard look at players who Culligan City of Palms Classic fans are already familiar with.

City of Palms alums make up one out of every five players taking part in the 2019 NBA Draft Combine, which set for this Thursday and Friday in Chicago. The event includes scrimmages and drills as well as body measurements and meetings between teams and players. The most highly touted of the 66 players involved, like City of Palms alum R.J. Barrett, will likely skip the scrimmages and drills, and maybe even the measurements, but they’ll nonetheless be interviewing with teams eager to find out what makes them tick.

Barrett, who played in both the 2015 and 2016 City of Palms Classics with Montverde Academy, is projected to go in the top five, as is Vanderbilt point guard Darius Garland, who came to the 2016 City of Palms with Brentwood (Tennessee) Academy. Another two-time City of Palms player and top-10 prospect is Barrett’s Duke teammate Cam Reddish, who was at the 2015 and 2016 City of Palms with Westtown (West Chester, Pennsylvania).

Their combine appearances are unlikely to radically alter their draft stock. But for less-heralded players, it’s an opportunity to make an impression and start rising on draft boards. Some underclassmen will use the combine to help them decide by the May 29 withdrawal deadline whether to stay in the draft or return to college.

So, players like Shamorie Ponds of St. John’s, who came to the 2015 City of Palms with Jefferson High (Brooklyn, New York), and Simisola Shittu, who was Barrett’s high school teammate and Garland’s college teammate, probably have more at stake.

A total of 14 City of Palms alums will be participating in one way or another at the combine. It’s unlikely all of them will be drafted, but if they are, it would surpass the record of 12 former City of Palms players taken in last year’s draft. In any case, they’re names to keep an eye on as June 20 — the date of this year’s draft — approaches.