After being selected in the second round of Wednesday night’s NBA Draft, St. Louis University product Maurice Jeffers is preparing to dig in with his new team. Jeffers told Missourinet Sports on Thursday that he expectes to travel to California early next week to prepare for the Kings Summer League season. Jeffers says that his defense is the part of his game that is the most NBA ready and that his shooting needs the most work. The 6’4″ shooting guard averaged 16 points a game as a senior last season. he is the first Billikn to be drafted into the NBA since Larry Hughes was chosen in the first round by Philadelphia back in 1998.