2 0 1 7 ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁I ▁Men ' s ▁Basketball ▁Tournament ▁final ▁four ▁week end . ▁Wal ton ▁finished ▁third ▁out ▁of ▁eight . ▁Following ▁the ▁season , ▁Wal ton ▁was ▁named ▁team ▁M VP . ▁On ▁April ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Jeff ▁Good man ▁of ▁ESP N ▁reported ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁an ▁alternate ▁to ▁the ▁NBA ▁D raft ▁Com bine . ▁Ult imately , ▁Wal ton ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁combine . ▁ ▁Professional ▁career ▁ ▁Miami ▁He at ▁( 2 0 1 7 – 2 0 1 8 ) ▁Following ▁the ▁season , ▁Wal ton ▁went ▁und raft ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁NBA ▁draft ▁and ▁signed ▁to ▁play ▁with ▁the ▁Or lando ▁Magic ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁NBA ▁Summer ▁League . ▁Wal ton ▁had ▁an ▁impress ive ▁summer ▁league ▁performance . ▁He ▁aver aged ▁ 1 0 . 0 ▁points , ▁ 3 . 5 ▁ass ists , ▁ 2 . 5 ▁reb ounds ▁and ▁ 2 0 . 5 ▁minutes ▁in ▁four ▁games ▁while ▁shooting ▁ 4 6 . 9 % ▁( 1 5 - of - 3 2 ) ▁field ▁goal ▁percentage ▁and ▁ 5 0 % ▁( 6 - of - 1 2 ) ▁on ▁three - point ▁sh ots , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁given ▁the ▁Magic ' s ▁point ▁guard ▁ro ster ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁which ▁included ▁only ▁El fr id ▁Pay ton ▁( the ▁st