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Ah, that's right. But still, Diop was an unproven big man that turned out all right, which is basically what Riek is / could be... NCAA teams have basically given up on him actually coming to college. He's been down there in Florida at the IMG Academy for the last couple months getting ready for the draft, so judging from that, it looks like he's in. Read anything about Riek and the words "major project" will appear somewhere in the conversation. He's also one of foreign guys who says he's about 5 years younger than he looks.
At 51, do they draft best available talent / foreign guy with no shot at playing in the US next year / or what?
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I have no hopes for that pick, the Mavs had no intentions to give projetcs playing time in recent years and knowing them they will probably pick someone just for the sake of not forfeiting it.
Hopefully Cuban will remember what he wrote in his blog, because chances that you get a rotation player in the 50 range are slim to none:
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And as far as the draft picks, there is no question there is risk there, but in the NBA, there is always the option to buy low first round draft picks, so we weren't as concerned there.
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