Envisioning is the foundation of dreams. Being on a stage, yanking down a hat, shaking the commissioner’s hand. The small version of Bobby Portis thought about those staples of draft night in the NBA. He watched on TV in Little Rock, Arkansas and filled his head with pictures of his feet on the stage after his name was called.
When June 25 arrives, Portis should have his moment in Brooklyn, New York. He’s 6-foot-11 now, and the SEC player of the year. Just 20 years old, what’s to come can still tantalize and what has happened provides a baseline for draft deciders.