On Thursday night at Barclay’s Center, a UCLA freshman will hear his name called, surrounded by his family and the people closest to him, ready to embark on a lifelong dream.
No, not that one.
This one is forward TJ Leaf, who is expected to be a mid-to-late first-round selection. Another one-and-done player out of UCLA this year, albeit the less-talked-about one.
“I mean, I guess he was kind of in the shade a little bit, but to me he wasn’t,” said Lonzo Ball, the UCLA one-and-done freshman on whom the most attention has centered this draft season.