INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The Cavaliers interviewed 20 players at the NBA Draft Combine this week in Chicago, a team source said, including most of the consensus lottery picks who attended the event.

The Cavs, who have the No. 8 pick in the June draft, sat with marquee players including Trae Young of Oklahoma, Mo Bamba of Texas, and Mikal Bridges of Villanova, according to sources and media reports.

The list was longer than that, as a source stressed the Cavs' brass met with all the potential lottery picks with a chance to fall to No. 8. Duke's Wendell Carter and Missouri's Michael Porter Jr. are likely two of those players.

Arizona's DeAndre Ayton and European star Luka Doncic did not attend the Chicago event, and the Cavs didn't meet with Duke's Marvin Bagley III. Those three players seem to be the likeliest players to go at the top of the draft, according to most draft boards.

The Cavs' entourage included general manager Koby Altman, assistant general managers Mike Gansey and Brock Aller, and director of scouting Brandon Weems.

The combine was Thursday and Friday -- convenient because it didn't interfere with the Eastern Conference finals. Everybody was back at shootaround for Game 3 Saturday morning.

"You'll hear this from a lot of teams, but after watching and talking and interviewing the players, we feel very excited about the draft," said a team source, who was granted anonymity to discuss the Cavs' interactions at the combine. "We feel our pick has even more value, and we were happy with it before."