Melo Trimble has heard the doubters since high school, when, in his words, he barely made the list of McDonald's All Americans and then saw many question whether he was ready to make the jump to college as a true point guard.
When he announced in late March that he wasn't going to return for his senior year at Maryland, Trimble was well aware his name had long since disappeared from a majority of the mock drafts that predict which 60 players will be picked by NBA teams.
"I just want to get the opportunity," he said at the time.