"Every big [man] picked in front of me, it’s just like when I see them, it’s going to be war," said Diamond Stone after being selected in the second round of the NBA draft. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video)
Their reactions — a few minutes and several hundred miles apart — were seemingly reflective of the expectations former Maryland players Diamond Stone and Jake Layman had going into the 2016 NBA draft and what eventually transpired Thursday night.
Seated between his parents in the recreation room of a campus apartment complex in College Park, Stone tried to feign a smile after being picked No.