Ugonna surprised after being drafted

[Anon668007]

 

[The Nightman2]

I love that. He seemed like a good kid

 

[Smeegs]

The dude never started a game and played only backup minutes at Virginia, so it’s easy to see why he was surprised. I’ve seen plenty of freshmen non-starters get drafted on potential, but that’s a MIGHTY rare thing for a senior career bench player to get drafted.

But he does have one elite skill (shot blocking), and apparently that one skill was enough to get someone to take a chance on him. And the very fact that he was there in attendance shows he knew there was a real chance this would happen.

 

[St.Patterson_54_]

Seems like a good kid. Happy for him to get a chance.

 

[cat tat2]

Congratulations and best of luck to Ugo.

 

[BlueBomb]

I hope he can now afford to get a tailor that can make pants long enough to fit him.

 

[JPScott]

Nice story, but I have to be wonder if he was so stunned to hear his name called, why did he decide to show up in New York in the first place?

 

[meteordealer]

He has 2 working knees. That's rare nowadays.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I hope he can now afford to get a tailor that can make pants long enough to fit him.

lol I thought the same thing. It is about to flood around here though… congrats to him, he always seemed like a good kid.

 

[will1976]

Congratulations. Him and Shagari would frustrate the hell out of me for not being consistent. Nerlens was so satisfying till he was injured.

 

[CatFanMan66]

The dude never started a game and played only backup minutes at Virginia, so it’s easy to see why he was surprised. I’ve seen plenty of freshmen non-starters get drafted on potential, but that’s a MIGHTY rare thing for a senior career bench player to get drafted.

But he does have one elite skill (shot blocking), and apparently that one skill was enough to get someone to take a chance on him. And the very fact that he was there in attendance shows he knew there was a real chance this would happen.

I think he was aided by the new NBA big man arms race. Every team is looking for a big man to try and guard Victor now

 

[JDHoss]

Very cool. He seemed like a good kid, and I hope he can make a roster and stick around for a few years, even if it's mostly two-way contracts.

 

[Global Havok]

Glad for him. I actually hoped he might stick around and be a key bench piece for us, but understand why he didn't.