03-19-2007, 09:54 AM
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Soaking it All in From the Sidelines (Slokar Article)
http://www.nba.com/raptors/raptorcom/smith_031907.html
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by Eric Smith
raptors.commentator
March 19, 2007
(TORONTO) - Two summers ago, I remember walking into the Raptors' practice facility at Air Canada Centre for a press conference that was being held to introduce Toronto's latest draft selections. On a make-shift stage, sitting at a long table, were Charlie Villanueva, Joey Graham, Roko Ukic, and a guy I will admit I had never heard of, Uros Slokar.
Slokar was 22 years old at the time, but he looked more like 16 - at best! If not for his 6'11" frame, I would have guessed he was an MLSE intern, not a professional basketball player.
Most of the media in attendance were directing their questions at Villanueva and Graham, and there was even a little buzz about Ukic as well, a young guard that was projected by some to be a first round pick that year (he went in the 2ND round, 41ST overall).
However, not one question was posed to Slokar. He simply sat behind a microphone on stage, smiling from ear to ear, taking it all in.
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