LAS VEGAS – DaQuan Jeffries’ circuitous path to the NBA was filled with detours, pitstops and potholes, but it never stopped him in his tracks quite like the deafening silence he heard during draft night a few weeks back.
Surrounded by 40-to-50 friends and family waiting to celebrate his selection by an NBA team at his home in Edmond, Okla., Jeffries instead never heard his name called on draft night.
Already something of a self-made player known for regularly displaying an edge on the basketball court, Jeffries promised to bring the bitterness felt on draft night with him to this week’s MGM Resorts NBA Summer League.