Brice Johnson: From Orangeburg, all the way to the NBA

Posted Jun 23, 2016
Most mock drafts have Brice Johnson, a former Edisto standout, going in the mid-to-late first round. He’s looking to become the first South Carolina-born player to be drafted since the Detroit Pistons picked Porter-Gaud’s Khris Middleton in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft. Currently, there are only four players born in South Carolina on NBA rosters. (The State)

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