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He just might wind up joining five-star guard Joson Sanon in the Arizona Wildcats’ backcourt next season instead.

Love was not one of the five G League Elite Camp players invited to the Combine, suggesting he faces long odds of becoming drafted or signed to a lucrative two-way contract between the NBA and G League.

Love has until May 29 to withdraw if he wants to return to college basketball, while Sanon, a UA commit from the class of 2025 who has said he plans to reclassify so he can join the Wildcats this summer, tweeted after meeting with Love that “big news� is on the way for Arizona.

“Great catching up with @caleb2Love in Chicago,� Sanon posted. “BIG news for the BIG12 on the way in Tucson!�

Meanwhile, Larsson and Johnson began participating in the NBA Combine Monday, with Johnson recording a 42-inch maximum (jumping) vertical leap that ESPN’s Jonathan Givony said was tied for the best in the event. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard and Trentyn Flowers of the Adelaide 36ers (Australia) also recorded 42-inch leaps.

At the combine, Larsson and Johnson have a chance to solidify themselves as second-round picks or possibly get themselves in the discussion for a late first-round pick. ESPN’s latest top available draft prospect list ranks Johnson at 45, Larsson at 46 and Love at 100.

The combine began Monday with strength, agility and shooting drills at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena while five-on-five games are scheduled between 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Arizona time on Tuesday and Wednesday. ESPN2 is scheduled to provide coverage between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. both days.

The NBA on Monday afternoon did not announce which teams would be playing at what times on Thursday but it did announce tentative rosters.

Larsson will join Ellis on Team Herscu, which will have three other small forwards: Flowers, Baylor’s Jalen Bridges and Pepperdine’s Michael Ajayi. Johnson is scheduled to play on “Team Love� with former Oregon center N’Faly Dante and Akron power forward Enrique Freeman, among others.

The G League Elite Camp preceded the NBA Combine by holding testing and five-on-five games during the weekend.

In two G League Camp scrimmages, Love averaged 8.5 points while shooting 31.3% from the field and hitting 3 of 10 3-pointers. He also averaged 2.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.0 turnovers, posting a plus-10 in his first game and a minus-2 in the second.

Love recorded agility and speed times that were competitive among guards, while standing 6-foot-2.75 without shoes, which is consistent with the 6-4 that Arizona has listed him at (UA measures players with shoes on and rounds up).

Among other measurements, Love recorded a 6-foot-8.75 wingspan, a 9.75-inch hand length and a 33.5-inch maximum vertical leap that ranked sixth among the 12 players listed as shooting guards.

Mississippi’s Matthew Murrell posted the top max vertical among shooting guards in the G League camp at 40 inches — Villanova’s Mark Armstrong also hit 40.0 to lead the point guards — while USC’s Boogie Ellis was second among shooting guards at 39.5 inches.

Ellis was the only guard promoted from the G League Elite Camp to the NBA Combine, while Washington State forward Isaac Jones was among the other four “callups.� Also promoted: West Virginia center Jesse Edwards, Akron forward Enrique Freeman and Memphis forward Nae’Quan Tomlin.