{"id":80160,"date":"2014-05-17T01:58:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T01:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=80160"},"modified":"2020-04-20T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:14:29","slug":"zach-lavine-turns-heads-impresses-at-2014-nba-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/zach-lavine-turns-heads-impresses-at-2014-nba-combine\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach LaVine Turns Heads &#038; Impresses at 2014 NBA Combine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being heavily criticized by nearly every major college basketball reporter for declaring for the NBA draft after his freshman year at UCLA, \u00a0Zach LaVine's draft stock looks as good as ever. \u00a0Much thanks to his exceptional performance at the NBA Draft Combine today in Chicago, IL, Zach exceeded expectations and managed to win over many NBA scouts.<\/p>\n<p>Here's how Zach ranked in testing among all 53 participants:<br \/>\nLane Agility (#1 - 10.42 seconds)<br \/>\nShuttle Run (#2 - 2.8 seconds)<br \/>\nMax Vert (#3 - 41.5\")<br \/>\nStanding Vert (#4 - 33.5\")<br \/>\nSprint (#8 - 3.9 seconds)<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBADraft\">NBADraft Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>It's a bird... It's a plane.. it's <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachLaVine\">@ZachLaVine<\/a> in the sky w\/ his head at the rim about to throw down at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NBACombine&amp;src=hash\">#NBACombine<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rSXANGQhVm\">pic.twitter.com\/rSXANGQhVm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Draft (@NBADraft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBADraft\/statuses\/467398382705594368\">May 16, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SBN_Ricky\">Ricky O'Donnell<\/a> of SB Nation wrote: \"LaVine is the draft's most intriguing piece of clay, a player with every tool you'd ever want out of an NBA guard, but one that doesn't quite know how to use all of them just yet. On a court with a group of flawed players considered fringe pro prospects at best, LaVine is the show everyone must see. As he flies up and down the court and defies the constructs of gravity with a fluidity few possess, it's easy to daydream about what he might one day become.\" <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2014\/5\/16\/5722356\/zach-lavine-nba-draft-2014-combine\">READ FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here's a video of Zach's Max Vertical Jump:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/MXTPu2ibMjW\/embed\/simple\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Zach's Ballislife Mixtape:<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oe1-I5Hti6s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being heavily criticized by nearly every major college basketball reporter for declaring for the NBA draft after&hellip; 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