ORLANDO – When he wasn’t timing the release of his jump shot down to the hundredth of a second, wasn’t doing yoga and pop-up planks to improve hip flexibility that will help him defensively or enduring exhausting boxing-on-the-beach workouts to build stamina, towering big man Mohamed Bamba spent a big chunk of his free time leading up to Thursday’s NBA Draft plotting the ways he will soon revolutionize center play at the professional level.
Already in possession of the most expansive wingspan in NBA history at 7 feet, 10 inches, Bamba brazenly believes all the work he’s done in the time since his college career ended at the University of Texas and when his NBA career started with the Orlando Magic will make him a transformational player.