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Baron, Efejuku go unselected in NBA Draft
12:21 AM EDT on Friday, June 26, 2009
NBA Draft night was uneventful for Rhode Island basketball fans. Neither University of Rhode Island star Jimmy Baron or Providence College's Most Valuable Player, Weyinmi Efejuku, were picked.
Baron apparently was high on Portland's radar after working out for them last week, but the Trail Blazers opted for high-scoring guard Patrick Mills from St. Mary's (Calif.) with the 55th pick of the draft.
Both Baron and Efejuku hope to make an NBA squad's summer league team and go from there. Baron's workout coach and Cranston native Rob McClanahan said that playing overseas is an option for Baron, which is likely an option for Efejuku as well.
"The odds [were] against him getting drafted but at the same time he had done pretty well at [NBA] workouts," McClanahan said. " . . . Hopefully he'll play summer league and then maybe go overseas."
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