Draft Days: Skal Labissière (Episode Two)

Welcome to Draft Days, an intimate, behind-the-scenes look into the life of an NBA prospect in the weeks leading up to the draft. This is the second installment with Skal Labissière, power forward from Kentucky. You can view Episode One here.

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Draft night, for me, is going to be pretty emotional just thinking about how far I’ve come from, some of the things I’ve been through and all the work I put in to get there. So it’s gonna be pretty emotional for me.

The hardest part of transitioning from college to the NBA will be the physicality of the game.

I’m just going to work hard and do whatever I have to do.

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