Bradley Beal, McLemore’s former teammate in St. Louis, starred at Florida as a freshman this season, and Beal could go as high as No. 2 in this summer’s NBA Draft. McLemore also knows Duke’s Austin Rivers and Kentucky’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who are off to the NBA as well.
“It’s kind of weird that all the people I came in here with are leaving now,” McLemore said.
But he didn’t want a situation like that. McLemore saw what happened to Thomas Robinson at Kansas. He saw how Robinson braved tragedy with his school by his side. Then, this season from the sideline, he watched Robinson morph into one of the top players in the nation.
“I want to be one of those players,” McLemore said.







