COLUMBIA, Mo. - At some point Thursday night, for the first time in five years, a Mizzou player will hear his named called during the NBA draft. Kobe Brown, Mizzou’s All-SEC forward and the oldest player in the draft pool, is widely projected to be chosen sometime in the second round. The draft tips off at 7 p.m. CT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn and will be televised live on ESPN and ABC (first round only).
Brown, who plans to watch the draft with family in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, has had pre-draft workouts with 12 teams in recent weeks, he told the Post-Dispatch, most recently with the NBA champion Denver Nuggets on Monday.