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Ex-KU guard Wayne Selden moves past draft disappointment, gears for camp with Grizzlies

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Wayne Selden signed autographs, posed for pictures and made small talk with dozens of Kansas basketball fans for 75 minutes Saturday afternoon at Kansas Sampler in downtown Lawrence.

The ever-present smile on his face provided proof that the 6-foot-5 former KU shooting guard from Roxbury, Mass., has long forgotten the disappointment of not being selected in the June 23 NBA Draft.

“I don’t know (why I wasn’t picked), but I’m happy. I’m really happy,” the 21-year-old Selden said after his appearance.

He’s spent the last several weeks in Memphis, working out for the Grizzlies, who signed Selden to a non-guaranteed free-agent deal in July.