This became obvious to the world when Arthur was queried on national television about a reported kidney issue that led to him tumbling in the draft.

“My health is fine,” Arthur said. “I took another blood test in Washington, and everything came out fine, but I guess those guys never contacted anybody. Everything is cool.”

If by Washington he meant the Washington Wizards, well, it’s not on one NBA team to let the rest know about the intelligence it has. It’s on a player’s representatives to let every team know everything about a player that could help his draft stock. A favorable blood test for a player whose kidney became an issue certainly would qualify as good news that could have helped Arthur from slipping all the way to 27th.

It’s tough not to wonder where Arthur would have gone in next year’s draft had he returned to Kansas and had there not been a kidney issue. He might have gone high in the lottery. Oh well, too late to fret about that.

Watching Arthur and his family in the green room long after the other anticipated early picks already had been selected led to speculation as to what was happening.

Arthur’s younger brother, Juicy, already long since had passed out, his head on the table, when ESPN’s Ric Bucher revealed why the KU sophomore who pinned 20 points and 10 rebounds on Memphis in the national title game kept getting bypassed for lesser talents. Bucher said that multiple NBA general managers told him that they learned of kidney concerns regarding Arthur, requested results of lab work and were denied.

The mistake made on Arthur’s behalf came in either not offering to take blood tests for interested teams or in not distributing the favorable test results from Washington to all teams.

Fear about Arthur’s health spread, and with a better distribution of information, that seems as if it could have been avoided.

At least there was an explanation for Arthur’s slipping.

Why Mario Chalmers wasn’t chosen until four picks after J.R. Giddens remains a mystery. Back on the day Chalmers announced he was making himself eligible for the draft, the information given to him was that he would be taken somewhere between the 25th and 35th pick. Then his workouts went so well that his stock seemingly soared. Chad Ford of ESPN had Chalmers getting drafted with the 12th pick in his mock draft. In the end, Chalmers was viewed as combination guard with a point guard’s size.

Never mind the three-point shot Chalmers hit against Memphis; how could so many teams see what he did against Texas in the Big 12 tournament title game and not use a first-round pick on him?

It bodes well for Chalmers’ future that Miami Heat General Manager Pat Riley, who has such a keen eye for talent, was the man who traded for Chalmers.

It also bodes well for Chalmers that Dwyane Wade, such a master at drawing multiple defenders, will set him up for open jumpers. We all know what Chalmers does with those.