Diamond Stone is dealt to Clippers after going 40th

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The 6-foot-10, 254-pound Stone left Maryland after his freshman season and spent seven weeks at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., while trying to impress NBA teams.

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Not a total surprise. I figured he'd go about 10 spots earlier, but the draft got pretty flat in terms of talent after the first 6-8 guys. Sounds like Diamond did not always come across as being very dedicated to getting better and improving himself physically.

Interesting that he said he was working hard at the IMG academy to get in better shape in preparing for the draft, yet when he was being recruited, he said that one of the reasons he went to Maryland was because of their conditioning program and the training staff.
 
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