For weeks, Cliff Alexander was penciled in next to the Nets on mock drafts. It made some sense. The Nets are in need of young, athletic bigs and although he was forced off the Kansas Jayhawks in February for alleged NCAA violations, there was no doubt of his potential.
At 6'9" and 240 pounds, with a standing vertical of 38", Alexander could easily have been chosen by the Nets. But by the time midnight struck at Barclays Center, the 19-year-old's name was nowhere on the board. Arturas Gudaitis of Lithuania had been taken at No.