DURHAM, N.C. -- In Section 7 of Cameron Indoor Stadium last month, a collection of NBA scouts monitored a Duke practice that doubled as a private fundraiser for a local children's hospital.
The folks who travel the world to mine the market for prospective talent wind through the same gyms ad nauseam. They've seen the best. They've also been fooled. That's why the conclave of fatigued globetrotters aren't much of a demonstrative bunch in those settings.
While the donors and patients of the local children's hospital cheered throughout the three-hour practice, the NBA scouts mostly sat quietly as they observed the action on the floor.