UM's Lonnie Walker eager to see what NBA draft future brings

During one of Lonnie Walker IV’s first workouts at Miami last summer, Jim Larrañaga took one look at the newly-arrived guard, turned to his assistant coaches and made a prediction.

“We’re not going to have him more than a year,” the Hurricanes coach recalled he told his staff. “He’s an NBA player.”

Roughly a year later, Walker is on the verge of proving Larrañaga right.

By late Thursday, when the NBA draft is over, the 6-foot-5 Walker, who led the Hurricanes in scoring as a freshman this past season, is likely to hear his name called in the first round. That, in and of itself, is somewhat historic for the Hurricanes, who have produced just four first-round picks in program history. Only two of…