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Chris Lofton is deciding which of two teams he will play for in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas summer league next month, his agent said Friday.
The two-time All-SEC guard from Tennessee was not selected Thursday night in the NBA draft, which was not unexpected.
Lofton will pick a team to join in the Las Vegas league that begins July 11. Of the 30 NBA franchises, 21 compete in the Las Vegas league.
“There’s a couple of different teams that are very interested,’’ said Erik Fleischer, Lofton’s agent. “He’s going to try to narrow that down.
“Both teams are in Las Vegas and he’ll get great exposure.’’
One of the teams is believed to be the Charlotte Bobcats. Buzz Peterson, the Tennessee coach who signed Lofton, is Charlotte’s director of player personnel.
Five SEC players were taken in the two-round draft. Anthony Randolph of LSU and Marreese Speights of Florida went in the first round; Richard Hendrix of Alabama, Shan Foster of Vanderbilt and Joe Crawford of Kentucky were taken in the second round.
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