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One of the biggest stories of Thursday’s 2018 NBA draft was the surprising slide of Michael Porter Jr. A tantalizing (no Woj) prospect who had proven to be a dominant scorer in high school and international competition, Porter suffered a back injury two minutes into his first NCAA game for Missouri, necessitating surgery — a microdiscectomy procedure on the L3 and L4 discs in his spine — that would put him on the shelf for all but 53 minutes of the season. Concerns about the long-term prognosis of Porter’s surgically repaired back — and the hip that gave him problems in the run-up to the draft — led to a player once considered a favorite to go No. 1 overall dropping all the way down to the 14th pick in the draft, where the Denver Nuggets made him the final selection of the draft lottery.
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