Don’t fault Christian Wood. He played his heart out, rising from the rubble of the 2015-2016 season with a new determination. Not only would he make a roster of an NBA team, but he would make that roster better. You see, Wood knew the agony of defeat more intimately than any of us. His was the image of a young man broken-hearted on NBA draft night in 2015, a young man who knew he could play in the pros but whose name was never called.
This is about the saddest picture from an NBA Draft you’ll ever see — Christian Wood realizing he’s going undrafted.