Jacob Evans not taking opportunity with Warriors for granted

Jacob Evans III was playing video games at a friend's house when he was told to evacuate. It was August 2016, his first summer back home in Baton Rouge, La., since enrolling at the University of Cincinnati on a full basketball scholarship. With the neighborhood flooding, Evans helped his buddy's family grab their important possessions before he walked two miles in waist-high water to his mother's house. "That kind of set in that you can lose everything in a couple minutes," Evans, the 28th pick of last week's NBA draft, said during his introductory news conference Monday at the Warriors' practice facility. "I don't take this game for granted.