Only two days until the NBA Draft, the teams and players are all flocking to New York as we speak. The players have interviewed, worked out. The GM’s have poked and prodded the potential franchise players, it’s all about Thursday and the Draft.
Willie Cauley-Stein has steadily been at a 5-8 in terms of prospect ranking. His defensive ability is great, in my opinion a Tyson Chandler like player. But with two days left until the day, some teams are getting cold feet according to Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.
Cauley-Stein suffered a stress fracture in his ankle on March 28th of 2014 in Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament victory over Louisville, and had a pin inserted via surgery to repair what Cauley-Stein described then as a “cracked bone or a stress fracture.”…
Five separate NBA teams we spoke with all indicated varying degrees of concern after consulting with their team doctors this week, with some saying it may cost the Kentucky big man a few spots on draft night. “There is some maintenance that needs to be done there, as it’s not completely clear whether the injury healed in a proper way. The pin that was inserted is supposed to be sitting at a 90 degree angle, but instead it’s at 45 degrees. That, plus some question marks about his background that came up could cause him to drop a few slots.”
Now personally I was wondering when his foot would come into question, but why now? Surely the potential red flags are looked into when the combine comes around. Two days to go and now people are getting cold feet?
