The NBA draft combine was last week and all of the stars of tomorrow were on showcase trying to land a job. We hear this from time to time, but apparently Duke’s Austin Rivers was given a promise from a team in the lottery that they would take him. Therefore, he didn’t work out one of those days.
One NBA assistant coach said he was surprised Austin Rivers didn’t work out at the NBA’s predraft combine here Thursday. The East scout expects Rivers to be selected in the Nos. 10-20 range, but an NBA source told Yahoo! Sports that Rivers has a promise late in the draft lottery. The Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards and New Orleans Hornets plan to work out Rivers.
Source: Yahoo!
