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So it was last night for Virginia point guard Sean Singletary, the pride of Penn Charter and West Mount Airy.
Pick . . . pick . . . pick. Names kept getting called and Singletary's wasn't one of them.
Then it happened. The 6-foot, 184-pounder, who'll turn 23 in September, went No. 42 to Sacramento.
ESPN was showing commercials when Singletary was picked at 11:10. Guess what? He wasn't watching.
"I watched the first part of the draft at my grandmom's house, maybe up until pick No. 25," he said. "Then I went to my friend's house, and he doesn't even have cable.
"I just wanted to get away from it. Wanted to stop seeing guy after guy get picked and keep wishing it had been me. I was just hanging out with my buddies, doing everyday things, like I always would be. I found out by a phone call.
"I knew it was going to happen. But still, it was nice. My agent was hearing I could go anywhere from 18th to 48th. So though I guess it would have been nice to go earlier, I'm happy with how it turned out. Sacramento doesn't really have guards, so I can fit there."
Upon the resumption of ESPN's coverage, Jay Bilas said of Singletary: "I think he can play in the NBA. I think he's been undervalued. I think he's a really good pick in the second round."
Bilas also noted that Singletary is considered "tiny" at 6-foot, but that his wingspan of 6-4 is wider than former Sixers superstar Allen Iverson's. (With a laugh, Singletary said his wingspan is "more like 6-5 1/2 or even 6-6.")
According to hoopshype.com, Sacramento was one of seven teams over the last 3 weeks that hosted Singletary for a group workout. The Kings were his next-to-last-visit, last Friday.
"I had a good workout at Sacramento," Singletary said. "I had a lot of good workouts, really. I could tell they were happy with how I played because they invited me back for another one. I couldn't do it, though, because I had another one scheduled somewhere else."
When asked how he intends to help the Kings, Singletary said, "By going in there and being myself."
He added: "I'm going to handle the ball and help us get out in transition. Make good passes to good players. I'm going to be surrounded by lots of talent. Never really had that luxury at Virginia."
Virginia assistant Steve Seymour, formerly a head coach at Drexel and assistant at La Salle, said Singletary maintained his perspective throughout the head-scratching, predraft process.
"It's ever-changing, very fluid, and Sean understood that,'' Seymour noted. "He did his work and the feedback we got, as his coaches, was very positive.''
Singletary finished his 4-year Cavaliers career with 2,079 points, 587 assists and 84.6 percent marksmanship at the foul line, and he thrice earned first-team All-ACC honors. In 2007-08, he averaged 19.8 points and 6.1 assists. *
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