Tamar Bates carries lessons from time at Mizzou into NBA Draft process

'I'm an everyday guy': Bates focuses on dependibility, selflessness during pre-draft process

Former Mizzou guard Tamar Bates had himself a successful pre-draft process, turning heads at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, NBA G League Elite Camp and the NBA Draft Combine.

Tamar Bates carries lessons from time at Mizzou into NBA Draft process

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou star Tamar Bates didn't spend his entire collegiate career in Missouri, but he sure is taking the lessons he learned from two years under head coach Dennis Gates into the NBA Draft process. About one month and some change away from the start of the NBA Draft in Brooklyn, New York, Bates will hope to be one of the 60 players that will hear their name called. So far, he's put in the work to get teams to turn thei…