Prior to having a role on the bench, Yanic Konan Niederhauser’s 63 minutes could not be compared to Ryan Kalkbrenner and Maxime Raynaud’s; the Penn State center was complacent, watching his draft peers thrive from hundreds and thousands of miles away. Due to the drastic difference in rookie production, the blame fell on Lawrence Frank, whose job was at stake until last night’s 41-point win versus the Sacramento Kings was decided.
Everyone thought Lawrence Frank was oblivious to drafting obvious talent. His history was not good, and if the 2025 class had gone to waste, Steve Ballmer would have been forced to extract an offseason flaw.