But arriving at his first-ever NBA Draft combine,
held at Brooklyn on Wednesday, there was little fanfare for Elizabeth City
State’s all-everything college basketball star.
Even Sharpless’ school was only known as ‘Elizabeth’
to NBA scouts.
“I always had a chip on my shoulder in where I believe I belong on that stage,” Sharpless said. “I’m representing the guys that are Division II, the CIAA, the guys from Elizabeth City, and people that don’t get the exposure coming from small towns.”
The obscurity that follows the CIAA Player of the
Year on such a high stage hasn’t slowed Sharpless on the road to a potential
professional basketball career, one he hopes will include
being selected in the
June 27 NBA Draft, also being held by the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays
Center.
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