The Players Nobody Wanted

He had gone undrafted out of Wichita State because scouts called him small, old for a prospect, and ordinary around the rim. Daniel's model had disagreed. Reed generated paint touches against switching defenses, drew help earlier than expected, and shot thirty-nine percent on relocation threes. More important, every coach Daniel called said the same thing: first in the gym, last out, no fear of bigger names. Luka Petrovic looked less like a savior. He was twenty-six, Serbian-Croatian by birth, raised in club systems, last seen averaging eleven points for a financially unstable team in Spain. NBA scouts said he was a tweener, too slow for wings and too light for power forwards.