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Syracuse Basketball: NBA teams think Tyus Battle has reached his ceiling

As the 2018 NBA Combine comes to an end, we’re starting to get a better feel on how former Syracuse basketball star Tyus Battle performed.

The early reports suggested that Battle was a ‘disappointment’ and ‘practically invisible’ on day one of the NBA Combine. Hardly the results Battle was hoping for in Chicago.

Well it seems like on day two, things haven’t gotten much better.

Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated said that Battle’s ‘stock is falling’ and that NBA teams fear that Battle has already reached his ceiling. Here’s the full quote from his report:

“There was some head-scratching in the bleachers over the decision to place Battle, Allonzo Trier and Jaylen Hands on to one team, grouping three shoot-first guards and making them share one basketball.