As Brynton Lemar crossed the court to talk to reporters following his pre-draft workout at the Kings practice facility Thursday morning, he was informed that Kings assistant coach Bob Thornton, standing nearby, had attended UC Irvine.
"I didn’t know you were an Anteater," Lemar said, grinning. "Come on!"
"Why you hatin’?" Thornton replied.
Lemar, of course, was a senior guard on the UC Davis team that defeated UC Irvine in the Big West championship game this past season to earn the school’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Aggies also notched their first NCAA Tournament win, over North Carolina Central in a First Four game, before falling to Kansas in round one.