Tuesday was the D-League’s annual Media Day and LA Times reporter Eric Pincus was able to catch up with Upshaw and bring an update to his situation.
One thing Lakers fans can take immediate solace in, is the fact that Upshaw says he has no intention of playing overseas and has “confidence he’ll get a call up to [the] NBA this season.”
Overseas is a better opportunity than this one is, financially, but I’m not here for those reasons. I’m here to become a great basketball player and if I have to go through this, I’m going to do it… I’m definitely going to be playing basketball in the NBA.