Sandro Mamukelashvili entered the NBA and immediately chose to be “chip on his shoulder” guy. With the selection of 54 as his jersey number, there was no conceivable way he could ever forget how many players went above him in the 2021 NBA draft. After spending a year toiling, some might even say caged, in Oshkosh after an injury-prone start to the year for the Milwaukee Bucks, Mamu emerged this summer with stars in his eyes.
He...probably won’t sniff the rotation in the Playoffs. But hey, at least he landed above a fully rostered player in Thanasis Antetokounmpo?