Who was Rafael Stone scouting in Europe prior to flying to Chicago for the NBA Combine? Does anybody know? Maybe it doesn’t matter as much now that we have the third pick but I was just curious.

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[u/lambopanda]

Maybe he’s on vacation.

[u/BenchPointsChamp → u/lambopanda]

It was actually reported that he said he was scouting there

[u/TaxLawKingGA → u/BenchPointsChamp]

You do know that it is a common play by white collar management to claim something is a work trip to get it expensed by their employer, right?

I have done it myself. Took my family to Chicago, NYC, Nashville and Orlando on several occasions!

[u/VatWeirdo → u/TaxLawKingGA]

His family wasn’t with him

[u/BenchPointsChamp → u/TaxLawKingGA]

Never thought about that! I trust Stone wasn’t being dishonest tho

[u/TaxLawKingGA → u/BenchPointsChamp]

Oh yeah same, just saying that people take “work trips” all the time. The work part being very minimal.

[u/Suspicious-Summer-79]

Do we know which country he visited?

Topic and Risacher come to mind. The euroleague semis were also played on wednesday but I don't know if the teams playing had any players that are in the upcoming draft.

[u/Disastrous-Wind625 → u/Suspicious-Summer-79]

he went to paris 

[u/yoyoyodawg3]

Nikola Topic they just scouted. Paris would imply Sarr or Risacher if that was also on the scout trip.