Ryan Boatright willing to give Nets the old college try

It's hard to imagine the Nets starting the season with two back-up point guards who don't crack 5'11" and with Shane Larkin guaranteed a $1.4 million, Ryan Boatright, undrafted out of UConn, has a lot of work to do. But as he tells Tim Bontemps, it's not the first time.

"Every time. Twenty-nine teams passed on me. I’ve got a national championship, played in a tough league, should have been the player of the year. So for 29 teams to pass on me with 60 picks … I don’t think there’s 59 players better than me."

Boatright's chances are bolstered by one number --41. That's the number of inches he topped in the max vertical testing at the Pre-Draft Combine and the percentage he shot from deep last…