When the Baylor Bears departed Waco, Texas, for a four-game exhibition tour of Canada on Wednesday, freshman guard King McClure wasn't with them.
Instead, the jewel of the school's 2015 recruiting class returned to his native Dallas, disappointed he wasn't with his teammates—but thankful he's still on the roster and medically cleared to play.
It was just more than two months ago, on June 8, when a doctor delivered news that McClure could hardly fathom.
"He told me it was over," McClure told Bleacher Report by phone this week. "He told me my basketball career was done.