- July 19th, 2008, 10:28 am
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Here is the latest on David after his career at Louisiana-Lafayette is done ...
Dees doing in the hard wayAnd here is some explanation for his senior season dropoff ...
Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • June 26, 2008
Given the depth of this year's talent pool, David Dees can live with the fact he will likely not be among the 60 players selected in tonight's NBA draft.
The recent UL graduate plans to watch the first "six or seven" picks tonight on TV. But the Ohio native will likely spend the rest of the night in the gym working on his game, focusing on eventually earning his own spot in the NBA.
"Getting drafted is something you dream about growing up playing basketball," said Dees, who has yet to pick an agent. "But I'm not really worried about not getting drafted. I have a couple of workouts (with pro teams) in July, and I have offers from teams in Europe on the table. I don't mind going overseas. But that's not my dream.
"My dream is to play in the NBA, whether it's this year or next year."
The second team preseason all-conference pick also sat out one game and had to deal with younger brother Stephen leaving the team in February for undisclosed reasons.Click Here for Full Story
"It was a very difficult year for me personally," said Dees, who played his final two seasons at UL after transferring from Liberty (Va.) University. "My family went through a lot, and I usually take everything on my shoulders and don't look for much help. I wasn't performing as well as I should and was putting even more pressure on myself."