Editor's note: Former Colorado State star Colton Iverson has been steadily climbing up NBA draft boards over the past month, and serendipity has nothing to do with it. Bleacher Report asked Iverson to shed light on the grueling, high-stakes life of an NBA draft prospect.
No one said the road to the NBA was an easy one.
The pre-draft process for a prospect is thrilling, to be sure, but also incredibly tiring. I just finished my 17th pre-draft workout since May 8. That's right: 17 workouts in 45 days, including the week-long NBA combine in Chicago.
For an NBA prospect, our job is to work out for as many teams as we can. I worked out for a different team every other day for a month.
Sure, the schedule was demanding at times. But it was also an incredibly fun experience and it mimics the pace of an NBA schedule. When I felt tired, I simply shifted my thoughts back onto my lifelong dream of playing in the NBA and it was all the motivation I needed to give everything I had each day.
This was my ...
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