The Toronto Raptors selected Jakob Poeltl with the #9 pick in the 2016 NBA draft. The youthful center, from Austria and the University of Utah, was regarded by the Raptors’ scouting staff as the seventh-best player on the board. When the first six were gone, and Poeltl was still available, Masai Ujiri and his people grabbed him.
Poeltl made the big team out of training camp, and played in 54 games, averaging 3.1 in both points and rebounds Per Game [PG]. He received spot minutes in the playoffs.
That’s all very interesting, says every reader, but what does Poeltl’s future look like?