Mar 25, 2012; St. Louis, MO, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Harrison Barnes (40) controls the ball as Kansas Jayhawks guard Travis Releford (24) defends during the first half of the finals of the midwest region of the 2012 NCAA men's basketball tournament at the Edward Jones Dome. Mandatory Credit: Scott Rovak-US PRESSWIRE
Finally, the athletic combine testing results for 2012 NBA Draft prospects have been released. Thanks to Draft Express, we can now see how each player fared in the many different tests. Here are the results for several of the top prospects that the Washington Wizards might consider.
| Player | No-step vert | Max vert | No-step reach | Max reach | Bench reps | Agility | Sprint |
| Thomas Robinson | 28.5 | 35.5 | 11'2.5'' | 11'9.5'' | 15 | 11.96 | 3.17 |
| Bradley Beal | 33 | 39 | 11'1'' | 11'7'' | 8 | 10.95 | 3.28 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 32 | 35.5 | 11'4.5'' | 11'8'' | 6 | 11.77 | 3.18 |
| Harrison Barnes | 38 | 39.5 | 11'7.5'' | 11'9'' | 15 | 10.93 | 3.16 |
| Perry Jones III | 33 | 38.5 | 11'8'' | 12'1.5'' | 11 | 11.31 | 3.19 |
| Andre Drummond | 31.5 | 33.5 | 11'9'' | 11'11'' | 10 | 10.83 | 3.39 |
| Terrence Jones | 29.5 | 34.5 | 11'4.5'' | 11'9.5'' | 12 | 11.57 | 3.40 |
| Jeremy Lamb | 31.5 | 38 | 11'1.5'' | 11'8'' | 4 | 10.98 | 3.25 |
| Dion Waiters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Jared Sullinger | 29.5 | 31 | 11'3'' | 11'4.5'' | 9 | 12.77 | 3.81 |
| Damian Lillard | 34.5 | 39.55 | 10'10.5'' | 11'3'' | 13 | 11.15 | 3.34 |
| Austin Rivers | 32.5 | 37.5 | 10'9'' | 11'2'' | 1 | 11.54 | 3.32 |
| Meyers Leonard | 30 | 32.5 | 11'6'' | 11'8.5'' | 19 | 11.34 | 3.41 |
| Terrence Ross | 31 | 37.5 | 10'11.5'' | 11'6'' | 2 | 11.78 | 3.28 |
| John Henson | 25.5 | 30 | 11'5.5'' | 11'10'' | 5 | N/A | N/A |
| Tyler Zeller | 30 | 34 | 11'2.5'' | 11'6.5'' | 16 | 11.13 | 3.40 |
| Royce White | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
My first thought: wow, Harrison Barnes. Wow.
I'll leave everyone else to make further conclusions based on this data. Athletic testing, much like measurements, matters, but far less than people think. We all remember Kevin Durant failing to get even one rep on the bench press in 2007, showing how much that one matters. On the other hand, stuff like lane agility is valuable because it helps measure defense.
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