NBA Draft Combine report: Terrence Shannon and Bronny James meet the press
CHICAGO – The microphones and cameras were set up well before Terrence Shannon Jr. walked into the room. The former Illinois guard was participating in the first media session of the day, which was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. If were up to Shannon – and his lawyers – he would not have talked to the press at all, but this year the NBA draft combine is operating under a rule requiring players to participate in every activity except the full-court scrimmages. So when 9 o’clock came, Shannon walked past the gaggle of reporters, settled into a seat, smiled for the cameras, and set out to complete his assignment.
“I don’t think I’ve done media since December 22nd,” he said at one point during the 20-minute session. “It’s been a while, but I enjoy talking to the media. I don’t have a problem with it. But it’s just been a while.”
Shannon’s appearance here in Chicago came just four days after a Kansas Judge ruled at a preliminary hearing that he will stand trial on June 10 for first-degree felony