The NBA Draft is Thursday night. Julius Page will not hear his name called in the 2 round draft. Instead, Julius hopes to be invited to a rookie camp then summer league and be signed as a free agent. He would likely end up in the NBDL (where Brandin Knight toils) or have to go overseas.

He still speaks positively about playing his senior year, despite it possibly costing him a chance in last years draft.

Page, who is three courses shy of graduating with a history degree, said he has no regrets about electing to pass on the trend of declaring early for the NBA. The adulation on Senior Night alone made it worthwhile.

“I’m glad that I stayed all four years,” Page said. “My senior year, it was mentally and physically one of the worst times, as far as struggling. But I think times like that build character. It makes me appreciate the game more.”

Page declared his ankle “100 percent” and his passion restored while making the transition from shooting guard to the point. He was one of 64 players invited to the Portsmouth Invitational in Virginia, where he averaged 8.7 points and 4.3 assists in three games and was rated the No. 12 point guard prospect by NBADraftReport.com.

Never even heard of that site, and he seems to have dropped to #18 (and Jaron Brown was at #27 out of 29 for shooting guards). Of course, I never saw his name even mentioned in reviews of the Portsmouth on the sites for ESPN, SI, Sportsline and Sporting News.

I hope he makes it someday.