In the draft night trade that brought Mason Plumlee to Charlotte, the Hornets also acquired the 37th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft and selected freshman Auburn forward JT Thor.
On top of having one of the coolest names in the world of sports, Thor spent the majority of his childhood in Anchorage, Alaska, which is also quite cool. When he makes his debut, he’ll join Carlos Boozer, Mario Chalmers and Trajan Langdon as the only players that were born/grew up in Alaska to play in the NBA. As a teenager, attended West Anchorage High School, Huntington Prep School and Norcross High School before reclassifying to the 2020 recruiting class and committing to Auburn a year early.