Luguentz Dort stood up and walked out of Barclays Center in the middle of the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft.
He had traveled to New York with the hope, and expectation, that he’d hear his name called. He left when it was clear that wasn’t going to happen.
Dort, a former Arizona State guard, and two Sun Devils coaches told The Oklahoman that teams expressed interest in tinseling Dort as a draft-and-stash player. Dort declined. He had another route in mind. As soon as he returned to his room at Grand Hyatt, Dort said, he received a call from Thunder general manager Sam Presti.