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Chris Fedor: #Cavs had an interesting group of prospects in for a pre-draft workout today. League sources tell @clevelanddotcom that Northwestern’s Brooks Barnhizer, AJ Clayton from Ohio University and Kentucky’s Jaxson Robinson and Amari Williams were among the participants.
Clippers rookie guard Jason Preston expected to miss significant part of the season
Adrian Wojnarowski: Clippers rookie point guard Jason Preston had right foot surgery in Los Angeles today and is expected to miss a significant part of the season, sources tell ESPN. Preston was the 33rd pick in the July NBA Draft out of Ohio University.
Preston decided last week that he would leave Ohio University and remain in the NBA Draft after impressing at the NBA Combine in Chicago and during workouts. There’s a lot of momentum behind him right now, which had never really been the case in his basketball life before. Preston lost his mother to lung cancer when he was 16. He was then taken care of by his cousin, Justin Morgan, who moved from Jamaica to Florida to help him out, and his mother’s best friend’s sons, Brian-Marc and Russell Whittaker.
Michael Singer: Nuggets scheduled to hold workouts tomorrow with the following prospects. All guards. Matt Coleman (Texas) Josh Christopher (ASU) Jordan Goodwin (St. Louis) Quentin Grimes (Houston) Jason Preston (Ohio U.) Duane Washington (OSU)
Adrian Wojnarowski: Ohio University junior guard Jason Preston will remain in the 2021 NBA Draft and sign with agent Drew Gross of Roc Nation Sports, Preston told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Jaaron Simmons will be going to Michigan. The Ohio University transfer confirmed to the Free Press that he is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft, which cements his Michigan plans as a grad transfer point guard.
Trent made millions as a basketball player but found himself bored in retirement and searching for something that gave him purpose. He started by coaching his son's athletic teams and eventually found his way into an elementary school as an intervention specialist. The one-time drug dealer had needed his own intervention years earlier. "I tell people all the time that if you knew his story, he shouldn't be alive," said Jeff Boals, Trent's college teammate at Ohio University. "To do what he's doing now and helping kids is just a great success story."
Mary Schmitt Boyer/Tom Reed: Sport biz expert from Ohio University said #NBA lockout is first test of nationwide "jagged economy."
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