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Allonzo Trier, Kobi Simmons have thoughts on mishandled college players

The NBA Combine begins this week, where debates will rage on about college players and their potential at the next level.

Draft analyst Fran Fraschilla poked some fun at that process by listing five statements that pundits often use to pump up unheralded players:

  1. His college coach held him back
  2. His workout guru has really fixed his shooting stroke
  3. That ‘violation of team rules’ was a misunderstanding
  4. They played him out of position
  5. He’s definitely stopped smoking.

New York Knicks guard and former Arizona Wildcats standout Allonzo Trier chimed in, saying that statements No.