<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Former Pitt basketball player Chris Taft was not among those invited to attend the annual NBA draft in New York, his agent said Friday. "It doesn't really matter either way if he was to be invited. Unless you're sitting there with a gurantee of where you're going to be taken, it's not really too healthy of an atmosphere," said Taft's agent, Billy Ceisler. "Obviously, there's going to be a few of those guys who aren't going to be too happy with what's going on." Candidates who are expected to be lottery picks as the top 15 selections received invitations to sit in on the draft, which will be held Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Taft, a New York native who was dubbed at the start of last season as a sure lottery pick, watched his stock drop in recent weeks following workouts with several NBA teams, although he remains projected to be a first-round selection even though he is skipping his final two college seasons at Pitt. </div> Source No one has hurt their stock more than Chris Taft, he was top 10 lock, and as high as #3 at one time. Now there's a possibility he slips into the 2nd Round.
