There were indications, even before Lonnie Walker IV was selected No. 18 by the San Antonio Spurs in Thursday night’s NBA Draft, that it would be a big night for the University of Miami basketball program.
Hurricanes head coach Jim Larranaga and his staff flew to New York with UM athletic director Blake James and other members of the department and they watched the draft from a suite at the Barclay Center. Walker was one of 20 players invited to be in the green room for the event. He showed up in a white double-breasted suit and wire-rimmed glasses.