Lucas Williamson has played some of the most important basketball of his life during these NBA playoffs. In Boston. In Milwaukee. In Atlanta. In Memphis.
But while the best teams on the planet are vying for a championship, arguably the best player of a golden era at Loyola is trying to fight his way into the league through its basement door.
“I’m chasing a dream right now,” he said.
Last week, he worked out for the Celtics and Bucks, who just so happened to be locking horns in a terrific Eastern Conference semifinal series. On Monday, he worked out for the Hawks.