LOS ANGELES — Damion Lee’s phone rang around half past three in the afternoon on a Tuesday. His agent, Aaron Goodwin, was on the other end.
“Are you still in Oakland?” Goodwin asked.
Lee, a Baltimore native who finished his college career at Louisville, was in the East Bay, preparing for the NBA draft.
“So what do you think about working out for the Clippers?”
Lee took a moment to mull it over. An offer to audition for the Los Angeles Clippers, an interview for a dream job in the NBA...
Five minutes later, a text came through. Lee, a 6’6” wing, had a 6 p.m. flight to L.A. that evening. The next day, he was in Playa del Rey, scrimmaging with five other NBA hopefuls: Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell, Texas’ Isaiah Taylor, Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame, Maryland’s Robert Carter Jr. and Providence’s Ben Bentil.
You won’t find Lee on many mock drafts, if any. NBADraft.net has him going 59th overall to the Sacramento Kings. Most mo ...
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