Syracuse men’s basketball: early impressions of Aiden Tobiason at the NBA G League Combine
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One of the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team’s new names is currently in Chicago looking to impress scouts and other NBA personnel.

Aiden Tobiason, who announced he was transferring to the Orange from Temple in April, was among dozens of players picked to suit up for the 2026 AWS NBA G League Combine. Tobiason is currently one of 44 prospects participating in this weekend’s combine, which allows them to showcase their skills through various drills and five-on-five scrimmages.

Right off the bat, we do have some new numbers about how Tobiason measures out:

Aiden Tobiason Combine Anthros

Height: 6’3 ¾” barefoot
Wingspan: 7’0 ¾” (+9 👀)
Weight: 196.8 lbs
Vertical: 37.5 in pic.twitter.com/cjeMZHJi6S

— Jacob Myers (@League_Him) May 9, 2026

The nearly 7-1 wingspan definitely stands out the most. Tobiason is definitely bringing a reputation of being a scorer going from the Owls to the Orange. He had a career year in 2025-26, averaging 15.3 points in 35.3 minutes per game on 48% from the field, 34% from three, and 80% from the foul line.

The wingspan could be intriguing if he can improve on the 1.2 steals per game he had last year and truly be a point of attack defender at the one. Tobiason being close to 6-4 will also, in theory, help in that department.

We’ve also got some stats from scrimmages Tobiason took part in. On Saturday, he played nearly 15 minutes and finished with five points on 2/5 shooting, one assist, and one steal. He was plus-eight in his minutes for “Team One,” which defeated Team Two 77-74.

Boxscore from Game 1 of the G League Combine.

Monster game from Purdue's Trey Kaufman-Renn with 17+12.

USC's Jacob Cofie did a little bit of everything on both ends.

Oostende's Noam Yaacov made some high level passes and added 13 points. pic.twitter.com/2n873dF2K7

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) May 9, 2026

On Sunday, Tobiason had 13 points on 4-9 shooting (2-4 from 3 and 3-4 from the foul line) but his team was on blown out 98-68.

Tobiason previously confirmed to Syracuse.com that he would participate in the pre-draft process, which includes the combine, then head to Upstate New York to participate with the program.

It seems scouts, on first impression, seem to agree.

I did not watch these games, I'm not in Chicago. I'm purely going off of what scouts told me.

I like Tobiason as an intriguing long-term guy but think he should clearly go to Cuse.

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) May 10, 2026

Tobiason will be entering his junior year with Syracuse and Orange fans shouldn’t be surprised when he starts appearing in 2027 mock drafts.

Syracuse commit Aiden Tobiason with some nice moments as the youngest player in the camp. Great length, shoots a pretty ball, competes defensively. Turns 20 tomorrow. Intriguing one to keep on the draft radar for 2027 and beyond. https://t.co/HFpfjRpFjc

— Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central) May 11, 2026


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