Caris LeVert? No, take him off your draft board. Caris LeVert? No, way too much risk in taking him. Caris LeVert? Have you seen his medical history? These are the words that floated around Caris LeVert’s name when he was being evaluated for the 2016 NBA Draft.
During this whole process, two people were willing to look past these doubts, at the talent that they saw on the court at the University of Michigan.
Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson told Brian Lewis of the New York Post:
“I do remember the struggles, but we all had a sense he was going to be really good because his preseason was really good, his practice time this offseason was really good,.