With the 12-month season of the NBA in full swing (“When do I get a break?”), the Draft is tonight. We’ve taken a run at a number of worthy candidates for the Toronto Raptors selection at #9. Here’s one more to add to the list of big men we’ve looked at.
University of Utah centre Jakob Poeltl was born and raised in the basketball hotbed of Vienna, Austria (I’m kidding, guys – the reliable RealGM site found precisely zero NBA players hailing from that city, or indeed that country). He’s leaving school after his sophomore season, which appears a wise decision; he’s a frequent mention as a lottery selection.