As competitive action at the NBA Draft Combine closed on Friday, the day didn't end without a few prospects leaving a strong impression. No prospect had a better showing than the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's Pat Connaughton.
After registering the highest max-vertical leap at the combine this year at 44", Connaughton went out and lit it up in five-on-five scrimmage. The 6'5" shooting guard scored 18 points on 5-for-9 shooting. He made four of his eight three-point attempts and grabbed two rebounds.
Connaughton didn't look like a legitimate candidate to be drafted a week ago, but his performance at the combine might have changed that. Connaughton was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, but the 22-year-old wants to prove he's all in on his NBA career. Per Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports, Connaughton said:
I'm trying to get the word out that I'm two feet in, 100 percent in. That's the goal for me, to come to these things to show them that if I was one foot in, I wouldn't be here because I'd be trying to make millions and millions of dollars playing baseball right now. I'd be wasting my time. So to be here, I'm hoping ...
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