Kansas guard Josh Jackson (11) is swarmed in the paint by Oregon players including Oregon forward Dillon Brooks, front, and Oregon forward Jordan Bell (1) during the second half on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Sprint Center.

Josh Jackson received an invitation to the NBA combine, which is underway this week in Chicago, but declined to attend.

It’s a move that most of the top prospects in each draft class follow, which allows players to schedule their own interviews, medical testing and workouts for the select teams that interest them.

NBA All-Star Kevin Durant, the No. 2 pick in the 2007 Draft, supports Jackson and all of the other top prospects skipping the combine, according to a story from ESPN’s Chris Haynes.

Durant received ridicule at the combine when he failed to record a repetition on the bench press — 185 pounds — and didn’t put up high marks in other combine tests, such as the vertical leap or agility drills.

“If you’re, like, a top pick and you know you’re going to be a top pick, just work out,” Durant told ESPN. “Just work on your game, and then they’ll see you in the individual workouts, and they’ve been watching you all year, so your whole body of work is more important than just going there for a couple of days.”

Jackson is expected to be a top-five pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, and could have a shot at the No. 1 overall selection depending on which team wins the draft lottery next week.

Along with Jackson, Lonzo Ball (UCLA), Jayson Tatum (Duke), Malik Monk (Kentucky), Lauri Markkanen (Arizona), Jonathan Isaac (Florida State) and Dennis Smith (North Carolina State) opted to skip the combine.

“Back then, every player was there,” Durant said. “The first to the last pick was there. It was just a part of the process. But now, you’re getting players to where they realize their power and they’re not doing it, and more power to them.

“They want to just work out. They don’t want to deal with that B.S., and I understand that. But back then, I wish I would have known the power I had or I probably wouldn’t have done it, either.”

For the two Kansas players at the combine, Frank Mason III and Svi Mykhailiuk, they had some of their measurements collected Thursday. Mason stands at an even 6-foot with shoes on and features a 6-3 wingspan and 7-10 standing reach.

Mykhailiuk was measured at 6-7.5 with a 6-5 wingspan and 8-4 standing reach.

Frank Mason just told @GoodmanESPN that the strangest Q he got in an NBA interview was “If I were to die, which way would I want to go out?”

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) May 11, 2017