Former University of Kansas basketball power forward Billy Preston, who was not selected in Thursday’s NBA Draft, will play for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 Las Vegas Summer League. The league runs July 6-17 at UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
Preston, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound, 20-year-old native of Santa Ana, Calif., spoke with “a few teams that showed interest” prior to accepting the Cavaliers’ offer, Preston’s mom Nicole Player told The Star on Saturday.
“I think it’s a marriage. It’s a great fit,” Player said after Yahoo Sports’ NBA insider Shams Charania Tweeted that Preston had “agreed to join the Cleveland Cavaliers.