SAN ANTONIO — Eight months removed from the traumatic accident that permanently damaged his vision in his right eye and derailed his hopes of making the NBA, Jon Scheyer received a harsh reminder of how tough the road ahead would be.
He wasn’t quite the same player with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers that he’d been while leading Duke to a national title the previous year.
It wasn’t just that his confidence had waned. Or that his trademark court vision and feel for the game had been compromised. His lack of peripheral vision made it hard for him to see screens coming when he was on defense.