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Brooklyn, NY — Christian Koloko is the latest member of the Toronto Raptors.
Toronto won the 7ft 1 center in 33rd place overall in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. Raptors chose only one this year.
From Douala, Cameroon, Koroko averaged 12.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game at the University of Arizona last season.
He was the choice of the 2021-22 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, the most improved player, and the All-Pac-12 First Team.
Toronto won the pick on February 10th in a deal with San Antonio Spurs.
The 2022 second round draft topic, which originally belonged to Drew Eubanks, Thaddeus Young, and the Detroit Pistons, was sent to Toronto in exchange for the protected 2022 first round draft topic with Goran Dragic. rice field.
Scottie Barnes was ranked 4th overall by the Raptors in last year's draft, with Darano Banton (46th) and David Johnson (47th) going to Toronto in the second round.
Burns won the third NBA Rookie of the Year in Raptors history with an average of 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
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