In addition to Dewan Hernandez with the 59th pick, Raptors also acquired Sagaba Konate. Both are classic Masai picks, guys with potentially much higher potential who dropped due to lack of visibility. Hernandez was named in the Adidas recruiting scandal and missed all of last year, while Konate missed most of last year with a knee injury.
Konate in particular sounds like the sort of guy Raptors have had success with, similar mould to OG and Pascal: African born; never played basketball until 16, but played lots of soccer; long-armed, athletic specimen (a little undersized height-wise); defensive shot-blocking stud, with a promising outside shot.
Sounds like Bol Bol's medical report was really, really bad. Sucks for the kid having to go through being there and not get picked for so long.
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