There’s no way to dress it up and make it any better. Troy Caupain is going to have a tough road if he wants to play in the NBA. The all-time assists leader at Cincinnati was invited to participate in Summer League with the Toronto Raptors after he went undrafted last Thursday night. Caupain was not considered an upper echelon draft prospect, so it wasn’t all that surprising.
An invite to Summer League is an opportunity and nothing more. It is not a guaranteed contract or a roster spot. As we saw recently with Sean Kilpatrick, being in this situation does not mean that you cannot make it to the big show.