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I love it when the first pick comes in and the player isn't in the green room. Congratulations to Portland for taking giant Chinese big man Yang Hansen. He is seven-foot-one without shoes and played in the Chinese Basketball Association last year! He was the third-tallest guy at the combine, and
Raptors first-round draft pick Collin Murray-Boyles says he's ready to do the "dirty work" for the Raptors.
The Hawks are making moves! Trading for Kristaps Porzingis! Trading the No. 13 (Derik Queen) to New Orleans for the No. 23 and a first next year that could belong to New Orleans or Milwaukee! The Hawks!
Noa Essengue is a young, skinny French forward who worked out for Toronto, and was connected to the Raps in a lot of mock drafts: he goes to Chicago. The run of Collin Murray-Boyles, Khaman Maluach, Cedric Coward and Essengue is now an official what-if sequence for the Raptors; they have done
The Suns trading for Mark Williams and drafting Duke's Khaman Maluach at the same time has to be a modern NBA record for size acquired within one minute.
One thing with Murray-Boyles: The Raptors did work him out, and presumably they saw a guy whose shot isn't broken. His shuttle run at the combine was quicker than Cooper Flagg's, among others, and his three-quarters sprint was the same as Dylan Harper. Not a leaper, but he's a smart player.